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The fire swallowed up the house before the firefighters arrived. a. hyperbole b. simile c. personification d. metaphor

The fire swallowed up the house before the firefighters arrived. a. hyperbole b. simile c. personification d. metaphor
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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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