Question 74

Which of the given figure of speech has been employed in the formation of the following sentence?
"I am so tired that I can sleep for a year."

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"I am so tired that I can sleep for a year."

In the given sentence, the speaker is exaggerating their tiredness by saying that they can "sleep for a year".

Out of the given options, "hyperbole" means "to exaggerate". 

Hence, the answer is option A.

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