LANGUAGE AND CULTURE

LINGUISTIC RELATIVITY

GENRE AND FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
extreme exaggeration
A
alliteration
B
idiom
C
simile
D
hyperbole
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Hyperbole is a literary device used to draw emphasis through extreme exaggeration. Hyperbole is not meant to be taken literally, but rather understood as a means of communicating something specific. Those who hear or read the hyperbole should understand that it is an exaggeration.

Detailed explanation-2: -Hyperbole is a super-exaggerated way of describing something for the sake of emphasis that often borders on the fantastical or ridiculous.

Detailed explanation-3: -Hyperbole is figurative language or a 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.

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