Question

Read the following line from "The September of My Years."

One day you turn around and it's summer/Next day you turn around and it's fall.

What makes this line an example of hyperbole?

A. It uses seasons to represent phases of life.
B. It gives human characteristics to the seasons.
C. It compares two seasons that are very different.
D. It exaggerates how quickly summer turns to fall.

Answer 1

D.

Step-by-step explanation:

A hyperbole is when something is exaggerated, therefore the answer is D.

Answer 2

Option D is the correct answer.

Step-by-step explanation:

Hyperbole is a rhetorical device that make an exaggerated claim about something, due to this it shouldn't be taken literally. Language is very important and it is used to emphasize something. The lines exaggerate how quickly summer turns to fall by saying that it only takes one day to change from one season to another one.