the following is an example of what type of figurative language?"not surprisingly, abuela was busy cooking up a storm for out family dinner."

A. personification
B. hyperbole
C. oxymoron
D. metaphor

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The phrase "cooking up a storm" is an example of B. hyperbole. It is an exaggeration used to emphasize that abuela was cooking a lot or with great energy, rather than a literal storm.