<span>D. To restate the central point of the argument and make a final bid for the audience's support
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Acrid, piercing, acute, and keen are all synonyms of the word pungent. The word pungent id an adjective and based on my research, this word means "having a sharp and strong taste of smell".
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A simile is a metaphor that straightforwardly analyzes two things. This is a type of illustration that unequivocally utilize interfacing words, (for example, like, as, so, than,), however these particular words are not generally necessary. So in here, the answer is A, since it does not compare two things and there is no words like like, as, so, or than.
I think it should be D) Olympic athletes and their <span>achievements </span>