Answer:
1. The night was silent, even the moon seemed to hold its breath, all watching Ellum preform the strange ritual. (personification)
2. The floor groaned under Callum's weight. (personification)
3. The vortex was a hurricane of light, with Atticus in the eye. (metaphor)
Explanation:
C. The sentence is interrupted for some detail, thus needs a comma
Answer: A) that Usen is not concerned about trivial matters
Explanation:
- When he is describing the prayer, he is talking about how he and others are taught to pray to Usen for things that are helpful for life and that can encourage them to be brave and to feel safe. They had never used prayer against someone and they are always dealing fights on their own because those fight between people is considered in this excerpt like something that will pass and that it is not so important.
They were using prayer for the best things and not something that they cannot solve on their own.