Use the drop-down menus to decide whether the connotation of each word is more negative than, more positive than, or the same as the word it is replacing. The word "boring" is the word "uninteresting." The word "horrified" is the word "unhappy." The word "enthusiastic" is the word "happy." The word "helpful" is the word "caring." The word "daring" is the word "reckless."

the answer is culture

the answer is b: overstatement.   overstatement is a literary technique used by writers to put emphasis on   a certain point, by describing or explaining something in a way that makes it seem more important or more serious than it really is. "crumbling", "for generations", "millions would flock", "profits woul soar" "the best principal ever" are some examples from the excerpt.