1) D This is because we are waiting to see what will happen now that they will no longer stay silent and be oppressed.
2) B Because the thermometer changed much in society.
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Answer:
B.
Explanation:
An understatement is an utterance that depicts something in a manner that gives it less importance, seriousness, makes it less bad, etc. than it actually is. In this example, the speaker makes use of such understatement to minimize the act of women eating children, who later would become mothers themselves.