Question

WHICH senctence from the passage uses hyperbole to persuade readers?
A) Electoral College is a body of electors selected by the people in each state to officially choose the next president
B) Every four years, millions of people head to the polls on election Dat to vote for a new president
c) In this day and age, however, polling places are practically in the next room for most people
D) A long time ago, Americans were scattered far and wide about the country
E) The number of members each state has in the electoral college depends on its population

Answer 1

Answer:

c) In this day and age, however, polling places are practically in the next room for most people

Answer 2

The sentence that exemplifies the use of hyperbole to convince the readers to believe in it would be:

C). In this day and age, however, polling places are practically in the next room for most people.

• 'Hyperbole' is described as the literary device in which the author purposefully exaggerates or overstates an idea.
• The key purpose behind is to either highlight an idea or to elicit humor that helps evoke the desired impact or emotional response from the readers.
• The third statement i.e. "In this day...people" uses exaggeration in 'the comparison of to describe the situation of polling places to the next room ' in order to convince the readers about the claim and elicit the intended response.

Thus, option C is the correct answer.

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