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."
Solution
"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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