Which statement contains the best example of understatement? O A. I put on my newly laundered shirt and began to strut around like a

pro golfer.

B. The smell of freshly baked cinnamon rolls from across the street

was life altering.

C. When I found my car on fire, something told me this was going to

be a bad day.

D. After 10 minutes of running, sweat began to drip from my brow

into my eyes.

I believe the correct answer would be C.

Explanation: Answers A and B are both exaggerations. Answer D is simply an explanation of what happened.

C. When I found my car on fire, something told me this was going to

be a bad day.

Explanation:

APE X

english novelist and poet, the eldest of the three brontë sisters who survived into adulthood and whose novels became classics of english literature.

she enlisted in school at roe head in january 1831, aged 14 years. she left the year after to teach her sisters, emily and anne, at home, returning in 1835 as a governess. in 1839 she undertook the role as governess for the sidgwick family, but left after a few months to return to haworth where the sisters opened a school, but failed to attract pupils. instead they turned to writing and they each first published in 1846 under the pseudonyms of currer, ellis and acton bell. her first novel the professor was rejected by publishers, her second novel jane eyre was published in 1847. the sisters admitted to their bell pseudonyms in 1848, and by the following year were celebrated in london literary circles.

brontë experienced the early deaths of all her siblings. she became pregnant shortly after her marriage in june 1854 but died on 31 march 1855, almost certainly from hyperemesis gravidarum, a complication of pregnancy which causes excessive nausea and vomiting.

explanation:

what are the options?