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English, 12.07.2019 14:30 vanna7353

Identify the figurative language technique used in this example. what is the purpose? my great-grandmother is so old that she actually taught the cavemen how to make fire. question 8 options: a) the writer uses a simile to compare the grandmother to cavemen. b) the writer uses hyperbole to offer a lighthearted joke about the age of the grandmother. c) the writer uses personification to show she is older than fire. d) the writer uses an idiom to create a connection with the people in his culture.

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