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Which is the most effective paraphrase of the passage "six benches were left empty in every ship that evening when we pulled away from death. and this new grief we bore with us to sea: our precious lives we had, but not our friends" - the odyssey

Me i need a correct answer how did mlk jr.’s “voice” in his speeches shape the civil rights movement?

“we have had a little rain.” said the woman she looked out into a flood. hyperbole, understatement or neither