When Darren told the audience about the length of the new coast-to-coast highway, he said that the amount of asphalt it would take could wrap around the earth three times. He has dramatized his statistic by _____ it.
A. compacting
B. misquoting
C. exaggerating
D. minimizing
Answer: A
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