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What type of figurative language is in the following sentence? "I banged on the door, desperate to get inside."
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What type of figurative language is in the following sentence?

"I banged on the door, desperate to get inside."

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I believe this would be considered a hyperbole

Step-by-step explanation:

because you can't literally bang a door. here it's used to show how forceful the knocking/ slamming against the door was. Basically exaggerating the action

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