I the answer is D
They are meant to be fun to read
which term is best defined as "reasoning that doesn't make sense when you examine it"
D:logical essay
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You didn't italize or mark the phrase, but I see one good candidate:
"The circus animal trainer" is in a way another name given to Mervin, a kind of "renaming" him: this is called an appositive phrase, so if this was the phrase appositive phrase is the answer! (also, I don't see the other phrases here).
Explanation:
Name the device that is Used to measure the depth of ocean or sea