Detention aims to make a discipline among the students who break rules and policies in school.
It is been said that if a student violates or breaches a policy or rule must be taken for such disciplinary action as it would serve as a consequence for a certain undesirable act. It would be considered that detention instills self-realization that is beneficial to the student's development and learning.
Can’t catch my breath is an idiom figurative language. The term refers to a set expression or a phrase comprising of two or more words.
The answer is Exaggeration.
A parental wish is something (usually a task) that a parent would like to be accomplished by the child.
If im on the right track then a way to right it with dashes would be: Sacrificing her was a mistake-a mistake that could have been avoided. but i may not have understood the question??