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Read the paragraph.

As I approached the podium to give my speech, I was shaking and sweating. How would I ever be able to start talking, let alone make my ideas come alive for the audience? I took a deep breath and introduced my topic.

Which statement explains how figurative language is used in the passage?

Hyperbole is used to show that the speaker wants to reach his audience.
Personification is used to show that the speaker wants to reach his audience.
Hyperbole is used to show that the speaker is shaking and sweating.
Personification is used to show that the speaker is shaking and sweating.

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The statement that best explains how figurative language is used in the passage is:

  • Let alone make my ideas come alive

What is a figurative language?

This is a way of expressing oneself that does not use a strict meaning of the word or the realistic meaning.

In the passage above, the statement Let alone make my ideas come alive simply meant that the speaker used personification to express the reality  of his ideas not coming alive which was seen as he explained why he was sweating an shaking.

Therefore, the correct answer is option D.

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