What does the hyperbole in this text suggest?
After he finished the marathon, Malik collapsed into a chair and declared that he could no longer move a single muscle.
Malik became paralyzed. Malik was very tired and sore.
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 could no longer move a single muscle suggests that Malik was very tired and sore. His muscles were not literally incapable of moving.