Question
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
Noah remarked that the new book on anti-gravity was impossible to put down.
(1 point)
Responses
metaphor
metaphor
simile
simile
pun
pun
hyperbole
Answers
GPT-4o mini
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.