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A pillory is a device used to imprison a person's head and hands, once used
for public punishment. Read this quotation from paragraph 5 of the passage.
"I got absolutely pilloried," says James. "I was on Today (a morning TV
show) accused of killing the novel..."
Which type of figurative language does the speaker use in this quotation?
a) simile
b) hyperbole
Oc) idiom
d) cliché
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Hyperbole. Since the quote was an exaggeration of what had happened it would be considered a hyperbole.
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