"You've been gone for a million years!"

"You're as cute as a button."

America is a melting pot

exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid

a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.

Hyperbole

Simile

Metaphor

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