What is significant about the day that Jefferson thinks he will be
killed? A Lesson Before Dying

sorry if i am wrong but Jefferson was originally under the impression he wasn't a man, he thought of himself as a hog because of the way they treated him in jail but the day he thought he was going to die he finally acknowledged he was a man.

Explanation:

The participial phrase is the start of the sentence where it says: as the tornado picked up speed. the debris is the subject, flew is the verb, in different directions is a prepositional phrase, and i believe that ripped apart by the wind is a modifier.