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Read the following line from "Nature" by Ralph Waldo Emerson. Then answer the question that follows.

I am glad to the brink of fear.

Which figurative language device is present in this line?

a
Allusion

b
Hyperbole

c
Personification

d
Simile

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User Mpaskov
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the answer is the second one

B. Hyperbole

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User Sadananda Salam
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Answer:

The figurative language device present in the line "I am glad to the brink of fear" from "Nature" by Ralph Waldo Emerson is b. Hyperbole. Hyperbole is a figure of speech that involves exaggeration for emphasis or dramatic effect. In this line, the speaker is using hyperbole to express extreme joy or happiness, emphasizing the intensity of their emotion by stating that it reaches the point of fear.

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