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The fire swallowed up the house before the firefighters arrived. a. hyperbole b. simile c. personification d. metaphor
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hyperbole
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This sentence would be taking advantage of "hyperbole" since it is using an exaggerated statement to further a basic idea--not to be taken literally that the fire actually "swallowed up" the house.
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