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**Question 4:**

Which of these figures of speech are examples of hyperbole? Select the two correct answers.
- **Answer:**
1. There were two billion emails waiting in my inbox when I returned from vacation.
2. The Ranch House on Oak Street has to be the worst restaurant in the universe.

1 answer

Hyperbole is a figure of speech that involves exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

The two examples you provided that qualify as hyperbole are:

  1. There were two billion emails waiting in my inbox when I returned from vacation. - This is an exaggerated statement about the number of emails.

  2. The Ranch House on Oak Street has to be the worst restaurant in the universe. - This uses extreme exaggeration to emphasize how bad the restaurant is perceived to be.

Both statements are examples of hyperbole.