In spite of short rations she gave enough milk to keep six men busy skimming the cream. If she had been kept in a barn and fed regularly she might have made a milking record. When she fed on the evergreen trees and her milk got so strong of White Pine and Balsam that the men used it for cough medicine and liniment, they quit serving the milk on the table and made butter out of it. By using this butter, to grease the logging roads when the snow and ice thawed off, Paul was able to run big logging sleds all summer.

Question

Which is the best interpretation of the role of the hyperbole in this paragraph?

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Responses

It is meant to emphasize the ways of life of people from long ago.
It is meant to emphasize the ways of life of people from long ago.

It is meant to emphasize the way people interacted with their animals.
It is meant to emphasize the way people interacted with their animals.

It is meant to emphasize the creativity of the crew.
It is meant to emphasize the creativity of the crew.

It is meant to emphasize the amount of milk the cow produced.
It is meant to emphasize the amount of milk the cow produced.
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Answer 1

The best interpretation of the role of the hyperbole in this paragraph is:

It is meant to emphasize the amount of milk the cow produced.

The exaggerated description of the cow's milk production, including its strength and various uses, underscores the remarkable quantity and quality of milk the cow produced, which is the central theme of this passage.