Which of the following is an example of a hyperbole? Group of answer choices

a. I was so hungry I was a starving lion, prowling for my meat.

b. I was as hungry as an underfed Oliver Twist.

c. I was so hungry I could have eaten everything on the menu.

d. I was so hungry my stomach was growling.

The answe is C Hyperbole is often used for emphasis or effect. In casual speech, it functions as an intensifier:[5][6] saying "the bag weighed a ton"[7] simply means that the bag was extremely heavy.[8] The rhetorical device may be used for serious or ironic or comic effects.[9] Understanding hyperbole and its use in context can help understand the speaker's point. Hyperbole generally conveys feelings or emotions from the speaker, or from those who the speaker may talk about. It can be used in a form of humor, excitement, distress, and many other emotions, all depending on the context in which the speaker uses it.[10

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