Answer:
B). The Nazi killing of Jews.
Explanation:
As per the given quote from Haidar Abd El-Shafi's 'Palestinian Delegation to the Madrid Peace Conference, 1991, the speaker attributed the ignoring of his people's suffering to 'the Nazi killing the Jews'. He says that these killings inflicted years of pain and suffering to them and hence, they yearn for peace for a long time. Their very identity was being disregarded and suppressed due to this 'political expedience' that have led the Palestinians to struggle for their present existence and their rights which were subsumed by the 'inimical injustice and past tragedies'. Thus, <u>option B</u> would be the correct answer.
Answer:
<em>"Around me everything was dancing a dance of death" </em>is a "personification" when it comes to<em> figurative language</em>. It means that people around Elie Wiesel were dying and nobody paid attention nor cared.
Explanation:
The situation above happened during "Night 84."
At this time, Elie was exhausted from marching in the snow that<em> he fell asleep for a long time</em> when they were finally told to rest. He was only awakened when <u>his father's frozen fingers patted on his cheeks.</u> His father wanted him to wake up because they were to march again.<em> Sleeping would mean dying in the snow. </em>Thus, Elie described the situation happening around him with the figurative language above. It is a personification because it gives human being personality to "death" that it can dance <em>("dance of death").</em>
<u>Answer:</u>
In the question, “Could the alarm have failed to ring?” the verb phrase is “failed to ring.”
<u>Explanation:</u>
A certain portion of a statement which consists of an object, direct or indirect and a verb. It bridges the subject of the verb with the information that the subject is offering, then it serves the purpose of a verb phrase. It can be the predicate of a sentence or a certain clause. It can also operate as an adverb or adjective, and at the same time comprise of a verb and its objects, modifiers and other segments.
