The correct answer is letter b.
The excerpt is written in the Simple Past and narrates a series of events that happened in a sequence.
Notice the verbs in the Simple Past : wept, wailed, fell, faded and died.
There is a verb missing in the part " the earth stiff and cold" The verb is grow, the Simple Past form is grew, therefore " the earth grew stiff and cold" is the correct way.
Letter A is wrong because there's a verb missing.
Letter C and letter D " the earth was growing stiff and cold" the verb grow is in the Past Continuos, " the leaves were falling from the sorrowing trees" the verb fall is also in the Past Continous breaking the pattern stablished.
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Answer:
Your answer would be phrase.
Explanation:
The OxFord definition of phrase is - "a small group of words standing together as a conceptual unit..."
Parallel<span> structure means using the same pattern of words to show that two or more ideas have the same level of importance. This can happen at the word, phrase, or clause level. The usual way to join </span>parallel<span> structures is with the use of coordinating conjunctions such as "and" or "or."</span>
If i am to use a proper spelling and grammar, that sentence could be changed into :
The store, with its half roof covered in snow, was freezing to the point where the customers were visibly shaking
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