The underlined words illustrate ________

Read the extract below and answer Questions 5 to 7.

With the pen, he wrote kings into reality

With his words, kingdoms arose,

Those same words, slaves inhaled

Their hands building walls, their feet tromping territories

His pen was like the breath of life.

A. hyperbole
B. irony
C. metonymy
D. paradox

Correct Answer:

Option A – hyperbole