Which of these sentences from “the notorious jumping frog of calaveras county” by mark twain is an example of hyperbole? “he was planted as solid as a church.” “smiley he stood scratching his head and looking down at dan’l a long time.” “you never see a frog so modest and straightfor'ard as he was.” “well, thish-yer smiley had a yaller one-eyed cow that didn’t have no tail.”

“Well, thish-yer Smiley had a yaller one-eyed cow that didn’t have no tail.”

Explanation:

Hyperbole is a from of rhetorical device used in writing that gave an exaggerated description of a thing. But this description is not feasible or possible in the real world. Thus, the claims made cannot be taken in it's literal sense.

The short story of "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" by Mark Twain is a story that the narrator had heard from a bartender. The story is a humorous yet useless, which the narrator realizes he had wasted his time on. The frog in the story was claimed to be able to out-jump all other frogs in the whole county. Likewise, when the narrator decided to leave, Simon the bartender offered to tell him another story about a one eyed cow with no tail. This is an example of a hyperbole, for it is not possible for a cow to have just one eye and have no tail at all.

i believe it is d.) previous creature

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