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Hyperbole and Understatement
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APLIT.189 Hyperbole and Understatement
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Read the original excerpt: "A misplaced comma, the clerk whispered, had lost a kingdom." What does the hyperbole emphasize?
A
The minor inconvenience caused by a major invasion.
B
The clerk's inability to understand punctuation at all.
C
The enormous consequences attributed to a tiny mark of language.
D
The literal disappearance of land from the earth.
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