The answer to your question, This excerpt effectively uses irony to illustrate the theme , would be <span>by using humor when the mother suggests an exaggerated version or her previous statements about the weather reports. Because the only way they can go back home is through staying and wait for the storm to stop.</span>
The 'hook' in a passage or essay is usually the first sentence- it is usually a interesting fact, something you didn't know- something to make you want to read the passage. The best answer would be "C". It is an interesting fact that was the first sentence of the passage.
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