Language Development: Conventions Identify the choice that best answers the question.

Read the following sentence.

Reading science magazines keeps me informed about current issues.

The phrase reading science magazines is which of the following?

A. a gerund phrase that acts as a subject
B. an infinitive phrase that acts as a noun
C. an infinitive phrase that acts as an adverb
D. a gerund phrase that acts as a direct object

Match each poem with the subculture or counterculture from which it came. hip–hop counterculture feminist counterculture beat generation a. "pay attention, here's the thick of the plot/i pulled up to the corner at the end of my block/and that's when i saw this beautiful girly–girl walkin'/i picked up my car phone to perpetrate like i was talkin'" (jazzy jeff and the fresh prince) b. "for no church told me/no guru holds me/no advice/just stone/of new york" (jack kerouac) c. "you fit into me/ like a hook into an eye/a fish hook/an open eye" (margaret atwood)