What does the hyperbole in this text suggest?
Our supervisor is very stressed right now; she has a mountain of paperwork on her desk that she needs to finish by tomorrow.
The supervisor's paperwork is stacked precariously on her desk. The supervisor has a lot of paperwork to do.
Figures of speech are words or phrases that use language in a nonliteral or unusual way. They can make writing more expressive.
Hyperbole is an obvious exaggeration that is not meant to be taken literally.
I ate so much that I think I might explode!
The text uses hyperbole, an obvious exaggeration that is not meant to be taken literally.
The hyperbole mountain of paperwork suggests that the supervisor has a lot of paperwork to do. The stack of paperwork on the supervisor's desk is not literally as tall as a mountain.