Complete each sentences by writing the form of verb indicated in parenthesis 1) We _ our game before the meteors started theirs (finish ,past perfect )

2) margie _ before the spring semester (graduate ,future perfect )

3 )Union members _ before they saw the contract (vote ,past perfect )

4) We _three times this week (exercise ,present perfect )

5) the manager _ to the pitcher twice by that time (take ,past perfect )
6) I _
the whole kitchen by the time mom returns (clean, future perfect )

7)angelica frequently _ to help (offer, present perfect )

8)by the end of this writing course ,you __ a plot outline and at least four chapter of your novel (produce ,future perfect )

9)he __ ten blushels before the truck showed up (picked ,past perfect )

10)the rescuers __ the area for hours (search ,present perfect )

quintessence, core, heart, crux, nucleus, substance, principle, fundamental quality, sum the origin of a word and the historical development of its meaning. insight, understanding, awareness, wisdom, education, learning, knowledge,

ck - common knowledge

nd - needs documentation

ck - a laptop computer is more portable than a desktop computer.

nd - one of the themes in i heard the owl call my name is the dying of the tribe’s way of life.

nd - cell phones communicate using satellites orbiting the earth.

ck - robert frost wrote poetry.

nd - “once upon a midnight dreary, while i pondered, weak and weary,”

nd - a scientist’s opinion of the global warming issue

the answer is b: overstatement.   overstatement is a literary technique used by writers to put emphasis on   a certain point, by describing or explaining something in a way that makes it seem more important or more serious than it really is. "crumbling", "for generations", "millions would flock", "profits woul soar" "the best principal ever" are some examples from the excerpt.