Holocaust by Barbara Sonek

1 We played, we laughed

2 we were loved.

3 We were ripped from the arms of our

4 parents and thrown into the fire.

5 We were nothing more than children.

6 We had a future. We were going to be lawyers, rabbis, wives, teachers, mothers. We had

7 dreams, then we had no hope. We were taken away in the dead of night like cattle in

8 cars, no air to breathe smothering, crying, starving, dying. Separated from the world to

9 be no more. From the ashes, hear our plea. This atrocity to mankind can not happen

10 again. Remember us, for we were the children whose dreams and lives were stolen

11 away

L. 4

What does the word “atrocity” mean in line 9?

a
Hatred of the enemy
b
To foolishly follow instructions
c
A place where criminals are kept
d
An extremely wicked or cruel act
PLEASE HELP PLEASE

the present continuous is a verb tense which is mainly used to indicates that an action is in progress at the moment of speaking.  

it is formed using: person + verb to be (am/is/are) +verb + - ing form  

example: i am studying at this moment .

in addition, the present continuous is also used in order to express things that will or will not happen in the near future.

example: i am having dinner with some friends tonight.

the speaker sometimes   uses it   to express that an action is repeated and it causes irritation on the part of the speaker

example: my sister is constantly complaining about everything.

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the answer is true.

the international phonetic alphabet (a standardized system of phonetic symbols devised and maintained by the international phonetic association) is composed of one or more elements of two basic types, letters and diacritics.