The correct answer for the question that is being presented above is this one: "c. paying tribute." In Life in His Language, when Toni Morrison writes to James Baldwin about “the astonishing gift of your art and your friendship,” she is fulfilling the function of eulogy that is paying tribute.
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Well, you can eliminate "a terrible storm" and "a national emergency" because they make no sense whatsoever. Catastrophic means terrible, horrible, etc.
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Are you literally telling us to answer your homework that is supposedly answered subjectively?