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Identify the figure of speech in the following line:
She thought she would die of embarrassment
Identify the figure of speech in the following line:
She thought she would die of embarrassment
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The correct option is C Hyperbole
Hyperbole is a figure of speech in which something is exaggerated and doesn't mean to be taken literally. Option A)Hyperbole is correct as embarrassment cannot be the cause of someone's death. The other options are wrong because transferred epithet, litotes, and metaphor mean a word which modifies a noun other than a person or a thing it actually describes, an understatement not to be taken literally, and a word or phrase which is applied to a thing not literally applicable to, respectively.
Hyperbole is a figure of speech in which something is exaggerated and doesn't mean to be taken literally. Option A)Hyperbole is correct as embarrassment cannot be the cause of someone's death.
The other options are wrong because transferred epithet, litotes, and metaphor mean a word which modifies a noun other than a person or a thing it actually describes, an understatement not to be taken literally, and a word or phrase which is applied to a thing not literally applicable to, respectively.
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