Read the passage.

Oscar was frustrated. Because he stayed late after class, he missed his bus. He called his friend on the phone, and said, “You will never believe what is going on. I am walking about 100 miles to get home, and I think my feet are going to fall off. And this is the hottest day in the history of the world.”
Which literary device is the author using?

hyperbole
allegory
irony
symbolism

Question

Read the passage.

Oscar was frustrated. Because he stayed late after class, he missed his bus. He called his friend on the phone, and said, “You will never believe what is going on. I am walking about 100 miles to get home, and I think my feet are going to fall off. And this is the hottest day in the history of the world.”
Which literary device is the author using?

 	
	hyperbole
	allegory
	irony
	symbolism