Let's just say that my mother was just a tad upset when I got home at dawn. Which of the following best describes the underlined portion of this sentence?

a
overstatement

b
understatement

c
alliteration

d
simile

b

Explanation:

she was definitely mad because he came in so late so a tad is an understatement

It is B understatement

Explanation:Because she is mad because he/she got home late/dawn

the water represents a powerful force, and supports the idea that farquhar cannot escape his fate.

explanation:

brutus overlooks that the majority of the crowd served julius caesar the military general. he appeals to their citizenship as romans by calling them first by that name in his salutation: "romans, countrymen, lovers." mark antony, however, speaks in terms understood by the military, by calling them first by, "friends, romans, countrymen." he recalls not only caesar the general but caesar the friend, whose body they see covered with stab wounds.