Read the excerpt from a rumor of war. weeks of bottled-up tensions would be released in a few minutes of orgiastic violence, men screaming and shouting obscenities above the explosions of grenades and the rapid, rippling bursts of automatic rifles. in this excerpt, the author uses imagery to describe the soldiers' feelings of fear. the soldiers' feelings of relief. the chaos and frenzy of war. the pain and anguish of war.

The correct answer is option c. In the excerpt, the author uses imagery to describe the chaos and frenzy of war. "A rumor of war" is a memoir written by Philip Caputo, and published on 1977. It tells his experience as a United State's marine in the early stage of the Vietnam War. In the excerpt, Caputo describes the chaos and frenziness of the war and of each battle by using imagery as "men screaming and shouting obscenities,... the explosions of grenades and the rapid, rippling bursts of automatic riffles". He is describing how all of the tension built up during the previous moments before a battle, blow up when violence begins and every person involved in it can take out their fears and anxieties.

The correct answer is: "The chaos and frenzy of war."

Rumor of War was a memoir written by Philip Caputo in 1977. In this book, he narrates his experiences with the US Marine Corps during the Vietnam War.

In the excerpt, Caputo tries to depict how the tensions that occurred between the two governments in Vietnam throughout numerous months would quickly escalate into an all-out war that was decided in combats that could actually last just a couple of minutes.