LITERATURE QUESTIONS
ELEMENTS OF LITERATURE
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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She is as pretty as a flower.
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She is the prettiest woman in the entire universe.
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She is a beautiful flower.
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She is very pretty.
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Detailed explanation-1: -An example of hyperbole in the same situation would be “She is the most beautiful woman in the entire universe!”
Detailed explanation-2: -1) I am so hungry I could eat a horse!
Detailed explanation-3: -He is older than the hills. I will die if she asks me to dance. She is as big as an elephant! I’m so hungry I could eat a horse.
Detailed explanation-4: -A hyperbole is a figure of speech in which exaggeration is used to show emphasis or to invoke a feeling or to create a visual image. For example, let’s look at the following sentence. She is as big as a whale.
Detailed explanation-5: -Hyperbole is a figure of speech or literary device that uses deliberate and extreme exaggeration to create a strong emotional response from the reader, emphasize a statement, or add a sense of drama. For example, you might say I’m so hungry I could eat a horse. You couldn’t literally eat an entire horse.