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[China Cat Sunflower]

Wow. Speechless

[Hawk05]

Identify the figure of speech in the following line:

She thought she would die of embarrassment—————————

A .
Hyperbole

B .
Transferred Epithet

C .
Litotes

D .
Metaphor

ANSWER
Hyperbole is a figure of speech in which something is exaggerated and doesn't mean to be taken literally.

[art2426]

AH c'mon, that ('to death') is a common term referred to as continuous/continual and in no way can be taken verbatim.