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Ladies and gentlemen, there are people living in our community today who need our help. These people have no beds to sleep on, no food to eat, and no clean water to drink. They are tired, hungry, and desperate. It is our responsibility to help these people. Don't you agree that something needs to be done right now? These people are feeling like rafts adrift on the ocean. They have no one to turn to and nowhere to go. I must have written a million letters to the council, but have had no response. That's why it is up to those of us here today to take action.
Read this sentence from the passage. Which BEST describes the technique used by the writer in this sentence?

I must have written a million letters to the council, but have had no response.
a
hyperbole
b
rhetorical question
c
emotional appeal
d
figurative language

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This is hyperbole — an obvious exaggeration ("a million letters") used to emphasize how many letters the speaker feels they've written. It is not a question, nor a direct emotional appeal, and while hyperbole is a type of figurative language, "hyperbole" is the best specific choice.