b.) shutting out their opponent... is the correct answer
Not read would be the verb phrase in that sentence because the rest of the sentence is not a verb.
A verb phrase means a group of two or more words in a sentence so not read would be the verb phrase
Recall what you read in "The Date of Infamy. In a response of one well-developed
paragraph, identify a central idea of the text and explain how it is developed. How
did the attitude of the American government and American citizens change after
these events took place. As necessary, cite specific details and passages from the
text. The passage is the following. Recall what you read in "The Date of Infamy. In a response of one well-developed
paragraph, identify a central idea of the text and explain how it is developed. How
did the attitude of the American government and American citizens change after
these events took place. As necessary, cite specific details and passages from the
text.