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Read the sentence carefully:<br/>“I nearly carried the whole world on my ...

Read the sentence carefully:<br/>“I nearly carried the whole world on my shoulders yesterday.”<br/>The expression above contains:
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  • A Litotes
  • B Consonance
  • C Synecdoche
  • D Hyperbole
Correct Answer: Option D
Explanation:
The speaker exaggerates the situation by claiming to carry the whole world. This is impossible in reality. The exaggeration is used to show that the person felt extremely stressed or burdened. Such deliberate exaggeration is called hyperbole.

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