C. hyperbole
Hyperbolas are now commonplace in language today (think of how often, or at least I do,you might say "This is best tv show ever!" when you might just mean that you like the tv show. Or how we say repeatedly "This is the best day", when there can only be one "best day".)
Jinx means: A person or thing that brings bad luck. I personally would not want to be one. I don't like when bad things happen around me.
The article basically talks about how for years it’s been a tradition at camp where the older kids or adults tell spooky/scary stories to entertain the children. But now they are banning the old tradition using the example of a 14 year old and 8 year old listening to the story. While a 14 year old might get some good sleep, an 8 year spending his first summer away might the frightened and might not enjoy his stay. They go on to say that this tradition brings joy to most once they mature and are able to tell reality from fiction.
They were educated middle class englishmen themselves. but also, for other things such as the need for technical careers, but also if a person has education, they could question their government, which is what the founding fathers did when they ran away from England.
