I would say C. The passage is talking about death and C is the only one that mentions death.
Answer: major. Major is supposed to be capitalized.
I would say understatement, i guess it could be sarcastic, but I've never learned sarcasm as figuritive language, if it was my question I would say understatement.
Answer:
A
Explanation:
Document in this sentence is not the verb, shows is the verb. Document in this context is most likely a written or printed document since one can not show "to record or make note" or "to support with citations or references."