No one had ever scored that high before
I would say the correct answer is B. hyperbole.
Hyperbole is a figure of speech that authors use when they want to exaggerate things. So this 'vegetable love' cannot possibly grow larger than empires - the poem just wants to demonstrate the power and intensity of this love by using the figure of hyperbole. A paradox would include two completely opposite things, and <em>vast </em>and <em>slow </em>are not opposites.
"Although it was raining fairly hard the Team still played its best game ever. "
I think that could be the answer- but I'm not 100% sure :') hope this helped.
