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Read this sentence:
After today's surprise attack on American soil, the treaty of
peace signed in good faith by your faithful president and
the tyrannical enemy is destroyed, ripped into shreds,
sitting at the bottom of a trash can.
Which type of figurative language is used in this passage?
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A. Metaphor
OB. Hyperbole
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C. Understatement
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D. Simile

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Chawntelle

Answer:

it is a hyperbole

Explanation: a hyperbole is an exaggerated claim or statement.

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Answer: B) Hyperbole.

Explanation: A hyperbole is a type of figurative language that consists in exaggerating an event or a statement. In the given passage, we can see an example of the use of a hyperbole, because when the speaker says "the tyrannical enemy is destroyed, ripped into shreds,  sitting at the bottom of a trash can" it is clearly an exaggeration (it is not meant to take it in a literal way).