Read the sentence.

in a feeding frenzy, the pigeons descended upon the breadcrumbs that the kindly old man on the park bench continued to toss.

which is a correct analysis of the sentence?

the prepositional phrase “in a feeding frenzy” acts as an gerund phrase.
the prepositional phrase “upon the breadcrumbs” acts as a verb phrase.
the prepositional phrase “on the park bench” acts as adjectival phrase.
the prepositional phrase “to toss” acts as an adverbial phrase.

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option 2

explanation:

the significance of the title, "the passing", is related to the fact that the main characters, who are three african-american descendant women, are passing as white. this means that, because of their light-coloured skins they look like white women. one of the three friends, clare, is married to a white man and she lives in a white community and she has never told her husband that she is black. the title can easily be connected to the idea of pretending to be someone you are not and of losing your real identity in order to be accepted by society.