The grandmother took to feeding sparrows in the city as she used to feed dogs in the village. Hundreds of little birds collected round her. Some of them perched on her head and legs. Feeding the sparrows was 'the happiest half-hour of the day for her'.
A hyperbole is an exaggerated statement, something that sounds bigger than it actually is.
The opposite of that would be making something sound smaller, not as bad or not as good, etc, as it actually is, like an understatement.
<span>A. My mechanical engineering instructor is constantly playing practical jokes on students
If the intention of the essay is to entertain, this essay seems like it would certainly do that. It looks to be setting up a description of what those practical jokes were and how they impacted his class. </span>
C. the same grammatical construction is used in all similar headings throughout an outline, would be the answer
