Answer:
The answer is hyperbole.
Explanation:
It's a familiar question.
Also, Hyperbole is an exaggeration. The most blatant display of exaggeration here is the author's description of her laughter.
The following lines show this:
"...and it nearly killed her laughing"
"...she laughed herself lame--she did, indeed;"
She couldn't have possibly laughed herself lame of course but the hyperbole is used in showing how hard she must have laughed at what he was telling her.
Answer:
Absolute monarchy, or absolutism, meant that the ultimate authority to run a state was in the hands of a king who ruled by divine right. ... Because kings and queens were given their authority by god, their power was unconditional.
Answer: do you have any options to pick from
Explanation:
A gesticulation is an extremely dramatic hand movement. As we see, excited can be used in the same sentence context, so the answer would be B.