Choose the sentence that best uses a synonym as a context clue to clarify the meaning of the italicized word. 1. We can only speculate about what caused dinosaurs to become extinct.
2. After the strenuous exercise at school, I went home to finish my homework.
3. My brother always cautions me not to exaggerate when I tell stories about my day.
4. I know I left my laptop in the vicinity of the playing field, which is near the bleachers.

i will have to go with 1.

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figurative language is a resource that fiction writers use to make better descriptions of what they want to write about or express. they can improve their stories, as they can elaborate more vivid and colorful sentences. this way, the reader will be able to have more detailed images in his/her mind.

places, objects, people and even feelings or emotions can be described with a lot of detail to metaphors, similes and personifications. making different kinds of comparisons to make a description more specific, as well as assigning human qualities to non-human objects (and vice-versa) can be very useful for science fiction writers.  

on the other hand, alliterations allow writers to elaborate more entertaining and creative sentences. it consists in using a sequence of words that start with the same consonant letter. they can be used to emphasize something important the writer wants to express, or just as a fun literary device.