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?

(1 point)
Responses

hyperbole
hyperbole

allusion
allusion

personification
personification

simile

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 saying someone is going to sleep for a year is an overstatement of Shivi's exhaustion.

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