Question 10(Multiple Choice Worth 2 points) (03.01 MC) Read the following passage Then answer the question that follows. Skylar watched the clock tick slowly toward noon . Soon this class would be over, and she could go to lunch She heard her stomach rumble and thought she might actually starve to death before this class ever ended. Which device of figurative language does the text in bold use? Hyperbole Idiom Personification Simile

## Step 1<br />The problem asks us to identify the type of figurative language used in the text. The text in bold is "she might actually starve to death before this class ever ended". This is an exaggeration, as it is highly unlikely that Skylar would actually starve to death due to hunger in a classroom setting. <br /><br />## Step 2<br />This exaggeration is used to emphasize her hunger and the length of the class. This is a characteristic of hyperbole, which is a figure of speech that involves exaggeration of ideas for the sake of emphasis.<br /><br />## Step 3<br />The other options, idiom, personification, and simile, do not apply in this case. An idiom is a phrase or expression that has a figurative, or sometimes literal, meaning that is different from the literal meaning of the words. Personification is a figure of speech where human qualities are given to animals, objects or ideas. A simile is a figure of speech that compares two different things in an interesting way.