Which quotation from the great fire best reflects the central idea that the fire might have been extinguished sooner, if not for several different issues? a “chicago had recently renovated its fire alarm system, making it one of the best in the nation.” b “later at the official inquiry, all of the mistakes and missed chances that occurred in the opening minutes of the fire would be discussed.” c “like thousands of other people, he was on his way to de koven street to watch the fire.” d“it must sweep on until it reached a broad street, and then, everybody said, it would burn itself out."

B “Later at the official inquiry, all of the mistakes and missed chances that occurred in the opening minutes of the fire would be discussed.”

B “Later at the official inquiry, all of the mistakes and missed chances that occurred in the opening minutes of the fire would be discussed.”

Explanation:

In "The Great Fire," the author Jim Murphy depicts some of the key mistakes that prevented the 1871 Chicago fire from being extinguished sooner. For example, a fireman who forgot to pull down the lever of the signal box four times, which would have made it a true second alarm.

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a simile is first defined as a type of speech that uses one thing or phrase with comparisons to things of an unrelated kind, often in order to make a more vivacious description. so of the phrases above, only the last one (i swear she cast a shadow white as stone) would be considered a simile, as a shadow white as stone takes two unrelated things and uses them in an interesting way.

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