Joy is reading a passage from her favorite story. She enjoys the passage because of the deliberate exaggeration. The writer desc

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Joy is reading a passage from her favorite story. She enjoys the passage because of the deliberate exaggeration. The writer desc

ribes people, things, or events as if they were much greater than they really are. Which literary device is the author using in the passage?
hyperbole

understatement

irony

symbolism

English

2 answers:

galben [10] · Answer 1 · 2022-12-14T11:56:01+03:00

galben [10]2 years ago

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Answer:

Hyperbole

Explanation:

It means to exaggerate something without it being taken literally

EleoNora [17] · Answer 2 · 2022-12-14T13:53:06+03:00

EleoNora [17]2 years ago

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Answer:

Hyperbole

Explanation:

A hyperbole is like the opposite of an understatement- when you use it it makes something seem bigger than it actually is.