Question

Which sentence in this excerpt from Mark Twaley's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn uses hyperboler

Select the correct text in the passage.
Wed got to find that boat now-had to have it for ourselves. So we went a quaking and shaking down the stabboard side, and slow wore it
was, too-seemed a week before we got to the stern. No sign of a boat. Jim said he didn't believe he could go any further so scared he
hadn't hardly any strength left, he said. But I sald, come on, If we get left on this wreck we are in a fi, sure.

Answer 1

The description that it “seemed a week before we got to the stern” is an example of hyperbole. Although the characters are moving slowly, it most likely only takes them a few minutes to get to the stern.

Step-by-step explanation:

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Answer 2

"So we went a quaking and shaking down the stabboard side, and slow wore it was, too-seemed a week before we got to the stern."