V Businesses pay a newspaper to print
as a way of telling people about their products and services.
articles
editorials
advertising

in the quotation from passage, connie willis states that literature is a way for authors from the past to communicate with readers of today. we can read their stories, books, and other texts to learn lessons about life. willis refers to these lessons as messages “from beyond the grave.” willis has a favorable viewpoint about the timelessness of literature.

the underlined phrase is an example of : understatment