When we volunteered to help rake the public park, we were not expecting the papery brown mountain that took the remainder of our day to move.
Which type of figurative language is used in this excerpt? Select the two correct answers.
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pun
pun
simile
simile
paradox
paradox
hyperbole
hyperbole
metaphor
metaphor
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The two correct answers for the type of figurative language used in the excerpt are:
The phrase "papery brown mountain" is a metaphor comparing the pile of leaves to a mountain, and the exaggeration of describing it as a mountain indicates hyperbole.
