Read the excerpt below and answer the question. “what do we want of a moat, when we’re going to snake him out from under the cabin? ” but he never heard me. he had forgot me and everything else. he had his chin in his hand, thinking. pretty soon, he sighs, and shakes his head; then sighs again, and says: “no, it wouldn’t do—there ain’t necessity enough for it.” “for what? ” i says. “why, to saw jim’s leg off,” he says. “good land! ” i says, “why, there ain’t no necessity for it. and what would you want to saw his leg off, for, anyway? ” huck’s reaction to tom’s suggestion that they saw jim’s leg off is an example of hyperbole irony satire understatement

Huck's reaction to Tom's suggestion that they saw Jim's leg off is an example of understatement. The correct answer is the las one.

Explanation:

An understatement is a noun that presents something as being smaller or less important than it really is; it is an attenuation.

In these lines, they are talking about "Jim's leg off" as if it wasn't a big deal, when, normally, it would be taken as something serious.

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argument: "it's time to wage a war against britain to secure american freedom."

claims: "america has tried every peaceful method available for seperating from england" & "the americans' petitions to the king have been turned away by him."