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__Summarizing a fiction passage__ is not as easy as you might think.

Underlined is the Summarizing a fiction passage..

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Only two __of his scripts__were accepted by the television producers.

Underlines is of his scripts.

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1. The underlined phrase "summarizing a fiction passage" is an example of a gerund phrase. It is a gerund phrase because it consists of a gerund, which is the word "summarizing" and with its complement. 
2. The underlined is "of his scripts". This is an example of a prepositional phrase. A prepositional phrase consists of a preposition and its complement. The preposition used in this phrase is "of".

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