Answer:
The central theme in "The Masque of the Red Death" is the inevitable, or perhaps more accurately, the inescapable nature, of death. Prospero and his companions attempt to shut themselves off from the rest of the world in an attempt to avoid the horrible plague (the "red death") that is ravaging the countryside.
The correct answer is:
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<span>The phrase, "long and filled with frustrations", modifies the word: "wait".
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Further explanation:
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Let us examine the other answer choices.
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</span>→<span>Let us examine the first answer choice given:
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</span><span> The phrase "in the end" modifies the word "needed".
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</span> →<span> This is incorrect; since "needed" is not a noun or pronoun. As such,
this answer choice given is incorrect; since the phrase "in the end" is NOT an 'adjective phrase' that modifies the particular word: "needed",
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</span><span>→ Let us examine the third answer choice given:
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<span>The phrase "The wait was long" modifies the word "frustrations".
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</span>→ This is incorrect. The phrase, "The wait was long" does not modify the noun "frustrations."
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→ Let us examine the final answer choice:
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<span>The phrase "we needed" modifies the word "what".
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→ This is is incorrect. The phrase "we needed" is NOT an "adjective phrase".
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One strategy you can use to determine the meanings of unknown words and phrases is to look at the context clues. Context clues might be something like a picture, words or phrases you already know, using what you know about the text already.
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