Hyperbole, Comic Diction, or Incongruity

I was like, “What? My super-classy dress? What are you talking about? It’s the best thing I own.”

• Hyperbole

• Comic Diction

• Absurdity

• none

The “skin color” was the rubber foam foot painted “Caucasian,” which is the nastiest shade of nuclear peach that you’ve ever seen in your life.

• Hyperbole

• Comic Diction

• Absurdity

• none

But given the choice between practicality and theatricality, I say, “Go big or go home, man. Go down in flames if you’re gonna go.”

• Hyperbole

• Comic Diction

• Absurdity

• none

But then we’re at the Jersey Shore one summer. By the time we get there, there’s three hundred yards of towels between me and the sea.

• Hyperbole

• Comic Diction

• Absurdity

• none

Most people learn to walk in very high heels. They bend their ankle so the ball of the foot touches the ground first; you have more stability.

• Hyperbole

• Comic Diction

• Absurdity

• none

And these legs were so good at being waterproof that they were buoyant. So when I'd go off the high dive, I'd go down and come straight back up feet first. They were the bane of my existence.

• Hyperbole

• Comic Diction

• Absurdity

• none

Which of the following is a literary technique used in “A Work in Progress” to create humor?

• using formal language that produces an unexpected effect

• choosing commonly used words that people understand

• describing something that is out of place for a situation

• referring to the audience directly throughout the article

And like all Internet-savvy kindergarteners, she gets on the computer and Googles "new leg," and she comes up with dozens of images of prosthetics, many of them mine.

• Hyperbole

• Comic Diction

• Absurdity

• none

I am so hungry I could eat a horse!

• Hyperbole
• Hyperbolie
• Hyperbale
• Hyperboly

Which of the following is a hyperbole?

• She is as pretty as a flower.

• She is the prettiest woman in the entire universe.

• She is a beautiful flower.

• She is very pretty.