After the Nazi invasion of the Netherlands in May 1940, the Dutch people were immediately faced
with the question of choice: how to respond to
the Nazi occupation. Tens of thousands of Dutch
people followed Hitler, and millions more looked
the other way. Eventually, a resistance movement
began to grow.
The Nazis needed Dutch collaborators to carry
out their fascist decrees. What would have
influenced someone to become a collaborator?
What factors would have encouraged someone
to join the resistance? Do you think these factors
were based on personal characteristics or
political beliefs? What was the price of resistance
during the war? What was the price of
collaboration?

Is the sentence “ironically, although approximately seventy-one percent of the earth is covered by water, thirty-three percent of its land area is desert.” a phrase or a clause?

Why should college athletes should not get paid conclusion a. state the name in a new way: b. remind the audience why the issue matters

Read the passage below and answer the question that follows. ‘you make me feel uncivilized, daisy,’ i confessed on my second glass of corky but rather impressive claret. ‘can’t you talk about crops or something? ’ i meant nothing in particular by this remark but it was taken up in an unexpected way. ‘civilization’s going to pieces,’ broke out tom violently. ‘i’ve gotten to be a terrible pessimist about things. have you read ‘the rise of the coloured empires’ by this man goddard? ’ ‘why, no,’ i answered, rather surprised by his tone. ‘well, it’s a fine book, and everybody ought to read it. the idea is if we don’t look out the white race will be—will be utterly submerged. it’s all scientific stuff; it’s been proved.’ in this passage, tom’s ideas about race relations come off as uncivilized. what literary device is fitzgerald using here? irony personification metaphor simile