The author believes that year round school causes time to be wasted.
The correct answer is Alliteration because while yes it does include the word "like" which would make you think this is a simile, alliteration is the key figure of speech that is being used "red, red rose".
Answer: D. To demonstrate that he can relate to being oppressed
Explanation: In this excerpt from Elie Wiesel's Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech, he presents his personal information first <u><em>to demonstrate that he can relate to being oppressed</em></u>. Wiesel presents his personal information first because as a survivor of the Holocaust he wants to tell people that neutrality favours the oppressor and silence encourages the tormentor. So he took side for all the people that suffer oppression around the world.
The hound was of this world