what figurative language is this

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"i'm as happy as if we’d already won the fifty-thousand dollar Grand Prize in that coffee naming contest"

Asked by TEGBlue B #563496 on 10/13/2016 1:35 AM

Last updated by Abi W #563389 on 10/13/2016 2:23 AM

Answered by jill d #170087 on 10/13/2016 1:59 AM

The above sentence would be an example of hyperbole.

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Answered by Abi W #563389 on 10/13/2016 2:23 AM

the figurative language used is either hyperbole and simile.