BRAINLIEST ANSWER GETS 20 PTS!! Read the excerpt below and answer the question. He is at this time transporting large Armies of foreign Mercenaries to compleat the works of death, desolation, and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of Cruelty & Perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the Head of a civilized nation. What rhetorical strategy does Jefferson use in this excerpt when he employs words such as “barbarous,” “cruelty,” “death,” and “desolation”? A. He uses hyperbole and overstatement to achieve a comic effect. B. He uses plain, denotative language to explain the situation in the simplest terms possible. C. He uses precise, technical language to clarify America’s legal standing against the British. D. He uses emotionally charged, connotative language to emphasize Britain’s crimes against America.