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Brash space adventurer Peter Quill (Chris Pratt) finds himself the quarry of relentless bounty hunters after he steals an orb coveted by Ronan, a powerful villain. To evade Ronan, Quill is forced into an uneasy truce with four disparate misfits: gun-toting Rocket Raccoon, treelike-humanoid Groot, enigmatic Gamora, and vengeance-driven Drax the Destroyer. But when he discovers the orb's true power and the cosmic threat it poses, Quill must rally his ragtag group to save the universe.
C. Metaphor
The author is trying to say Cruel words can hurt people, the author is comparing cruel words with weapons, he is making a figure of speech, 'Cruel Words Are Weapons' is a figure of speech (Metaphor),So that makes C. Metaphor correct.
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