Answer: C
Explanation: hyperbole is exaggeration- a term that isn't technically true, it just kind of feels like it is because of the situation, like "I'm so hungry I could eat a horse," that sort of thing.
C is overreacting a little: "We will never be able to feel safe" ever again no matter what we do "unless we set a curfew." It's being dramatic to make the point that a curfew will help us feel more safe.
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A synonym for lustrous is dazzling! :)
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Lustrous: having lustre; shining:
Answer:Anyway, these brain structures are considered to be primitive, I.e. They developed early in terms of evolution, and most animals - certainly mammals - have them.
You might be responsible for the function of each one, but in general they control things like hunger and thirst, emotion - including pleasure, sleep, some memory, and other complex autonomic systems such as diverting blood supply to GI tract after eating, helping regulate how much urine the kidneys produce vs. how much water they retain ( kidney function is very complicated and very fascinating).
Sorry I don't know the alignment of structure to function off the top of my head. The hypothalamus controls the release of hormones by the pituitary gland, like growth hormone, estrogen and testosterone, and even insulin, all by use of precursors.
You can bring in psychology with the emotions, survival drive, the drive to procreate - the complex and downright weird behaviors animals have developed to attract a mate, territoriality, etc. ooh, and paternal and maternal "instincts"!
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Answer: The dank tropical night that was palpable as it pressed its thick warm blackness in upon the yacht.
Explanation: This is a form of personification, because the sentence states that the tropical forest is pressing a thick warm blackness on the yacht. Personification is giving human like qualities to inanimate objects.
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By destroying his artwork before it was sold, Banksy played a prank on the artworld that mocked the price of art.
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