The best answer would be C) Mattru Jong.
What is the passage?
lol, Parentheses are generally used as an explanation or afterthought into a passage that is grammatically already complete without the stuff in the parentheses. In writing it is u usually marked with curved brackets.
Example: He finally answered (after taking five minutes to think) that he did not understand the question.
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Answer:
hyperbole
Explanation:
a simile uses like or as to compare things
a metaphor uses no like or as but compares things
a hyperbole exaggerates
Gloomy
The author's tone is is gloomy as it is discussing death.