Answer:
his tendency to embellish
Explanation:
To embellish is to make something more decorative or more colorful than it actually is.
The narrator used the term "fearful, devastating scourge" to blow the situation out of proportion by making it seem more deadly than it actually was.
In Act IV, Iago references his "medicine," which is doing its work.
He is referring to the rumors he started involving Desdemona. He says that this "medicine" is the way to catch "credulous fools" -- meaning that Othello is gullible enough to believe the lie Iago started.
With his medicine, or his lies, Iago is bringing about Othello's destruction. He is happy to see Othello believing Desdemona is unfaithful.
Answer:
A. Garret and Holden tried out for the baseball team, but only Holden made the team.
The figure of speech is epigram