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

A. metaphor
B. hyperbole
C. paradox
D. simile
E. pun

1 answer

The two correct answers for the type of figurative language used in the excerpt are:

A. metaphor - The phrase "papery brown mountain" is a metaphor as it compares a large pile of leaves to a mountain without using "like" or "as."

B. hyperbole - The exaggeration of describing the leaves as a "mountain" suggests it is far larger than expected, which is characteristic of hyperbole.

So the correct answers are A and B.