Which of the following sentences contains an absolute phrase? a. After killing the zebra and orangutan, the hyena was in turn killed by the tiger. b. The tiger having killed the hyena, the narrator was left as the only other survivor. c. While escaping the dorado, the flying fish leaped into the air and were caught by the tiger. d. The tiger was eating flying fish whole and alive even as their wings were beating in his mouth.

the underlined phrase is an example of : understatment

the correct answer is d. a discussion of specific uses of alliteration

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when you are critiquing or evaluating a poem, you will mostly pay attention to the theme, as well as figures of speech and rhythm. alliteration is a figure of speech where consonants are repeated in neighboring words - and it is important for analysis of sound and rhythm, which is why it might appear in the evaluation of that poem.

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d when mathilde realizes she has lost the necklace