Question

Comprehension Question

Answer the question correctly for 30 dollars.

Read the sentence from paragraph 2.

If we continue throwing plastic bags in the garbage, our landfills will become towering mountains of trash.

What does this sentence show?


.A. the author’s use of humor to change the tone of the passage

B. the author’s use of exaggeration to make a point about landfills

C. the author’s use of details to support his argument for paper bags

D. the author’s use of description to provide personal experience on the topic

Answer 1

B.

Explanation:

Our landfills will not actually become towering mountains of trash, that's just a hyperbole used by the author to show the destructive impact that trash in large quantities can have.