Answer:
Driving is the gerund in the sentence.
The Northwest Passage achieved the crossing from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean through the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Crossed completely by Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen from 1903 to 1906, the passage opened a new trade route for Europeans. Before that, the Vikings had used the passage as a trade route with the Inuits.
In 1609, Henry Hudson's voyage along the Hudson Bay triggered a Dutch settlement in New York and the area around the Hudson River.
Answer: it ended in speculation, but only 13 witches were hanged, if you are talking about the Salem witch trials
Explanation:
The literary device that the author used in the passage is hyperbole. A hyperbole is a figure of speech that uses extreme overstatement or exaggeration to have a humorous, ironic, or heightened dramatic effects.
Example: I am so hungry I could eat an elephant.
