I believe the missing excerpt is from Midsummer by Derek
Walcott, which is as follows:
With the stampeding hiss and scurry of green lemmings,
midsummer's leaves race to extinction like the roar
of a Brixton riot tunneled by water hoses;
they seethe toward autumn's fire—it is in their nature,
being men as well as leaves, to die for the sun.
So, based on the excerpt, the speaker thinks that the
riot was somewhat inevitable.
To add, Midsummer is a sequence of 54 lyrics that record one
year's passing in the poet's life from summer to summer.
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I believe the answer should be C. an exaggeration of the way things really are.
Explanation:
Figurative language is typically when you go beyond the literal meaning or the words expected to be used. Such as a simile, metaphor, personification and hyperbole.
The correct punctuation would be “Although he thought that she was the best looking girl in the school, he was, understandably, afraid to talk to her.” Therefore C is the correct answer.
<span>It gives information about various characters.
The dialogue in this passage gives good information on several characters who may or may not have been involved in the crime. This is effective for the reader because they can get a lot of detailed information on suspects in a short burst of dialogue. </span>
