How does the connotation of the word perilous affect the tone of the paragraph?
a. it gives it a more scholarly tone
b. it gives it a down-to-earth tone
c. it gives it more focused tone
d. it gives it a more adventurous tone

Mike and his wife, amanda, are arguing about his in-laws. mike doesn’t want them to visit because they fight all the time when they come to the house and he is worried about the effect that their fighting is having on mike and amanda’s children. amanda finally yells out: “what about our fighting? ” mike replies, “well, that’s different. we fight because we’re having a disagreement, they fight because they hate each other! ” this is an example of