Which of the following is an example of a hyperbole? I was so hungry my stomach was growling.
I was so hungry I was a starving lion, prowling for my meat.
I was as hungry as an underfed Oliver Twist.
I was so hungry I could have eaten everything on the menu.

In a short story the narrator's word choice

If this were a fictionalized account, instead of a memoir, which might be the opening sentence? a) i am not your prisoner. b) i find myself in prison. c) you have taken me prisoner. d) black hawk had been taken prisoner.

Read the excerpt from "the love song of j. alfred prufrock." let us go, through certain half-deserted streets, the muttering retreats of restless nights in one-night cheap hotels and sawdust restaurants with oyster-shells: how is this excerpt an example of dramatic monologue? the narrator is using long, interconnected sentences. the narrator is able to see into two character's heads. the narrator is addressing the audience directly. the narrator is jumping from one topic to the next topic