The figure of speech used in the text is a pun. The phrase "impossible to put down" plays on the double meaning of "anti-gravity" suggesting both the book's engaging content and the literal idea of not being able to put something down because it defies gravity.
Which figure of speech is used in this text?
Noah remarked that the new book on anti-gravity was impossible to put down.
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metaphor
metaphor
simile
simile
pun
pun
hyperbole
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