How does the euphemism "under the weather" affect the meaning of this sentence?
the mayor cancelled the news conference because she was under the weather.
the euphemism evokes more sympathy than a more straightforward phrase would evoke.
the euphemism adds sarcasm and casts doubt on the mayor’s claim.
the euphemism explains the purpose of the news conference better than a more straightforward phrase would.
the euphemism politely masks any unpleasant details of the mayor’s illness.

Read the excerpt below from the poem "exile" by julia alvarez and answer the question that follows. i let myself lie back in deep waters, my arms out like jesus' on his cross, and instead of sinking down like i'd always done, magically, that night, i could stay up, floating out past the driveway, past the gates, in the black ford, papi grim at the wheel, winding through the back roads, stroke by difficult stroke, out on the highway, heading toward the coast. which literary device is used in the comparison between the speaker's experience of fleeing the country and floating in the ocean? i let myself lie back in deep waters, my arms out like jesus' on his cross, and instead of sinking down like i'd always done, magically, that night, i could stay up, extended metaphor symbolism simile theme