The root for the word <em>elucidation </em>is the word luc. It comes from Latin, and it means light.
To elucidate means to make something clear, explain, like lighting a dark room.
<span>The antropophage were considered to be monstrous because B. they were cannibals. This word comes from the Latin word antropophagus, which means man-eater, which is a cannibal. These people ate other people, according to a myth, which is what makes them monstrous. A and D would not make a person monstrous, and C is just incorrect - they were not that large.</span>
The Answer should be Imperative.
The reason is because a simile has like or as in the sentence and a metaphor is referring to an object in the sentence and a rhetorical question is asking a question so those are wrong.