Question

What type of figurative language is used in the following sentence?
​There were at least ten trillion people shopping at the mall on Black Friday.
A
anadiplosis
B
hyperbole
C
alliteration
D
simile

Answer 1

The type of figurative language used in the sentence "There were at least ten trillion people shopping at the mall on Black Friday" is B) hyperbole. Hyperbole is the use of exaggeration for emphasis or effect. In this case, the phrase "ten trillion people" is an exaggeration and is not meant to be taken literally.