Question

When we volunteered to help rake the public park, we were not expecting the papery brown mountain that took the remainder of our day to move.Which type of figurative language is used in this excerpt? Select the two correct answers.(1 point)Responsespunpunsimilesimileparadoxparadoxhyperbolehyperbolemetaphormetaphor

Answer 1

The two types of figurative language used in the excerpt are:

1. Hyperbole - The phrase "papery brown mountain" suggests an exaggerated quantity of leaves, indicating they were dealing with a massive amount.
2. Metaphor - Referring to the pile of leaves as a "mountain" compares it to something significantly larger and suggests its overwhelming size without using "like" or "as," which characterizes a metaphor.

So, the correct responses are hyperbole and metaphor.