Commonlit: 'The emperor's new clothes' PART A: What is the meaning of the word "swindlers" as it is used in paragraph 2?

A Traveling people who weave clothes

B Magicians who weave magical clothes

C Scammers who con people for money

D Spies who lie for information​

C.

Explanation:

Finishing the story, we see that the "weavers" weren't honest, and therefore that cancels the option of A. They certainly are not magical so that cancels B. They are not spies, I believe they are self-employed, so the only option is C, which is true. The excerpt also includes the "They let it be known" and not "It was known".

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i guess the cause and effect would show how being around the smoke(the cause) can have negative effects on the body.

explanation:

the underlined phrase is an example of : understatment