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
alliteration
C
hyperbole
D
simile
GPT-4o mini
The type of figurative language used in the sentence "There were at least ten trillion people shopping at the mall on Black Friday" is **C) hyperbole**. Hyperbole is an exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally, and in this case, "ten trillion" is an exaggerated way to emphasize the large number of people shopping.