Part 3

Question 1

Hyperbole

Answer 1

The use of exaggerated terms for the purpose of emphasis or heighten effect.

Ex: “She ran faster than the speed of light to be at the front of the line at the cafe.”

Question 2

Rhetorical question

Answer 2

Asking a question, not for the purpose of eliciting an answer but for the purpose of asserting or denying something obliquely

Ex: “Did she really just ask me that?”

Question 3

Irony (verbal irony/sarcasm)

Answer 3

Use of a word in such a way as to convey a meaning opposite to the literal meaning of the word

Ex: “I have so much homework tonight…It’s just fantastic.”