Question

A type of figurative language using exaggeration is ______.

simile
metaphor
hyperbole
personification

Answer 1

other person is wrong, it's a metaphor.

Step-by-step explanation:

"I ran as fast as I could to the top of the hill. I could hear Marley and Ian running behind me, but their voices were growing fainter. They were snails and I was a grasshopper leaping and jumping and leaving them behind!"

it compares two things without using like or as.

Answer 2

A hyperbole is an extreme literary exaggeration. Such as, "I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse!" Obviously one person could not eat a horse, but instead uses a hyperbole to express his/her hunger.