Use the sentence below to answer the question.

Shivi was so exhausted she was going to sleep for a year.

Which type of figurative language is used in this sentence?

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Responses

personification
personification

hyperbole
hyperbole

simile
simile

allusion
allusion

1 answer

The type of figurative language used in the sentence is hyperbole. Hyperbole is an exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally, and in this case, Shivi's exhaustion is exaggerated to the point of saying she will sleep for a year.