Answer:
to clear up confusion about an issue
Explanation:
The likeliest reason the author uses the phrase "a gross exaggeration" in paragraph 1 is that he wants to clear up confusion about an issue.
The word "exaggeration" means making something appear bigger than it actually is, so if the author describes something as being a gross exaggeration, then it means he wants to clear up confusion about an issue.
Answer:
I think C
Explanation:
But I don't know for sure
"Yet every one of these disasters has actually happened somewhere, and many real communities have already suffered a substantial number of them. A grim specter has crept upon us almost unnoticed, and this imagined
tragedy may easily become a stark reality we all shall know."
The answer is B because the guests wouldn’t know about the party if you didn’t send the invitations out.