Question

Which BEST analyzes author's technique in this sentence?

Answer 1

Answer:

The sentence that best analyzes the author's technique in the sentence After waiting hours and hours for someone to take her order, she stormed out of the restaurant is A) Hyperbole is used to emphasize emotion and heighten effect.

Explanation:

Hyperbole is a figure of speech that, instead of taking the meaning of the sentence literally, uses the exaggeration of statements or claims for the sake of emphasis. In this case, this figure of speech is represented by the use of the idiomatic phrase "to storm out of" that means to burst out of some place angrily. This resource was used to create an impact on the reader through emphasis.

Answer 2

A) Hyperbole, because the sentence is exaggerated for dramatic purposes.