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Which form of figurative language did historians use when they described the expedition of the Donner party in the following quote? “…the disaster was the most spectacular in the record of western migration."

A) Metaphor
B)Simile
C)Allusion
D)Paradox

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User JsWizard
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D) paradox
Goes against common sense by calling a disaster spectacular

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User EagerMoose
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