6. joy is reading a passage from her favorite story. she enjoys the passage because of the deliberate exaggeration. the writer describes people, things, or events as if they were much greater than they really are. which literary device is the author using in the passage? a. symbolism b. hyperbole c. irony d. understatement

In what way was the modernist element of disillusionment shown in “the jitling of granny weatherall”? a) the story rejects traditional, chronological order. b) granny feels jilted at both her wedding and her deathbed. c) the narration makes heavy use of symbolism. d) granny’s thoughts are hard to distinguish from real events