The used rhetorical device is Hyperbole.
Saying that something is a billion times better is hyperbole because it is not really that much better, you would just be over exaggerating.
the boy eats and drinks the milk and cookies that he knows he cannot pay for.
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Rainsford believes Zaroff will never stop hunting him. -is the reason justifying Rainsford’s actions that is best supported by Rainsford’s statement, "I am still a beast at bay.”
