Asked by C.W

There is a metric ton of books in my backpack” is an example of
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“My backpack stubbornly refuses all attempts to lift it, even when I use both hands” is an example of
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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
"There is a metric ton of books in my backpack" — hyperbole (exaggeration for effect).

"My backpack stubbornly refuses all attempts to lift it, even when I use both hands" — personification (attributing human traits—stubbornness/refusal—to a nonhuman object).