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In lines 1-11, the author contrasts the emotions of love and hate to show that?

A: Both are very strong emotions.

B: Love is a more frightening emotion than hate.

C: Love is a more complicated emotion than hate.

D: Love is just a small, meaningless word.

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Answer:

C. Love is a more complicated emotion than hate.

Step-by-step explanation:

The given question refers to the essay Love's Vocabulary written by Diane Ackerman.

At the beginning of the essay, the author shows us the contrast between love and hate. Hate is simply described as something frightening, like some kind of a supernatural being: Hate stalks the streets with dripping fangs, fear flies down narrow alleyways on leather wings, and jealousy spins sticky webs across the sky.

This is followed by a description of love: Frantic and serene, vigilant and calm, wrung-out and fortified, explosive and sedate—love commands a vast army of moods. It includes a whole spectrum of emotions and moods that are actually completely different. That's why love is more complicated than hate.

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