Read the excerpt from the General Prolgue to the Canterbury Tales.In the king’s service he’d fought valiantly,And travelled far; no man as far as heIn Christian and in heathen lands as well,And ever honoured for his ability.

The speaker claims that no one traveled as far as the knight in either Christian or heathen lands. That sweeping claim makes his travels sound greater than anyone else’s and is an exaggeration, so choice B, “he is exaggerating the truth,” is correct.

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