I would say this would classify as a downward comparison as the person is talking about Mark who has a poorer job situation than him and this could be used to bolster the speaker's ego or to knock poor Mark or could just be an observation.
It has a negative connotation
-Unbalanced
"People must take action now to protect coral reefs by reducing pollution and emissions of noxious gases." An opinion is a statement that expresses a judgement or viewpoint. All of the other statements express facts, they can be proven to be true.
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C) as if there had been some magic power in the vigorousness
as if there had been some magic power in the vigorousnessof his speech
