How does S. E. Hinton use Ponyboy’s point of view to develop tension?

Is "words dying" personification? !

What is the climax of chapter 2 of the the sound and the fury? a. the compsons sell their plot of land to send quentin to harvard. b. quentin drops out of school. c. quentin commits suicide. d. caddy gets pregnant.

Which sentence contains the central claim in "compulsory voting: an idea whose time has come" by tor hunter?