Question

Appetite

Will Wordy

In a house the size of a postage stamp
lived a man as big as a barge.
His mouth could drink the entire river
You could say it was rather large
For dinner he would eat a trillion beans
And a silo full of grain,
Washed it down with a tanker of milk
As if he were a drain.

What is the dominant type of figurative language used in the poem?
A) hyperbole
B) metaphor
C) simile
D) synecdoche

Answer 1

A) hyperbole, I hope this helps, I just took this quiz.

Answer 2

The correct answer is the alternative " A) hyperbole"

The explanation for this answer is that hyperbole is the figure of language that indicates exaggerated expressions. In this poem, we can see the exaggerations in verses such as: "In a house the size of a postage stamp", "His mouth could drink the entire river", among others