Feeding Paul Bunyan's crews was a complicated job. At no two camps were conditions the same. The winter he logged off North Dakota he had 300 cooks making pancakes for the Seven Axemen and the little Chore-boy. At headquarters on the Big Onion he had one cook and 462 cookees feeding a crew so big that Paul himself never knew within several hundred either way, how many men he had.
Which is the best interpretation of the role of the hyperbole in this paragraph?
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• It is meant to emphasize that Paul Bunyan had a lot of people working for him.
• It is meant to emphasize that Paul Bunyan's cooks liked to work in groups.
• It is meant to emphasize the amount of work that Paul Bunyan's crew completed every day.
• It is meant to emphasize the work ethic of Paul Bunyan himself.
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The best interpretation of the role of the hyperbole in this paragraph is:
• It is meant to emphasize that Paul Bunyan had a lot of people working for him.
The exaggerated numbers and descriptions highlight the large scale of his operations and the numerous workers involved.
