A) Hyperbole, because the sentence is exaggerated for dramatic purposes.
Answers: "You yourself should try to understand the lesson." and "Before running the marathon, Tom himself ate three plates of pasta."
Explanation: Intensive pronouns are often used to add emphasis to the subject of the sentence, so the answers would be the two sentences above. The reflexive pronouns include myself, yourself, himself, herself, themselves, etc.
Answer:
Some of the greatest barriers to assimilation were prejudice, discrimination, stereotyping, and federal law itself. Many ethnic groups ran into prejudice in America. In the workplace, Jewish men and women ran into problems with others – even those who shared their religious beliefs but not their nationality.
Explanation:
Motif is a reoccurring theme or idea shown with symbolic value, and theme is a general concept that the author wants readers to see. These both help readers understand or grasp a better understanding of plot, so the answer is c.