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Seabiscuit was a famous racehorse in the 1930s and 1940s. He was smaller than other racehorses and his legs were not as long. However, he was the fastest horse in the universe and ended up becoming a champion.

The underlined figure of speech is


The reader can infer that

Answer 1

The figure of speech is hyperbole and through it, the reader can infer that Seabiscuit is a very fast horse.

What is a hyperbola?

• A hyperbole is a figure of speech that allows a term within the text to be emphasized through exaggeration.

• In the text above, we can see that the narrator claims that Seabiscuit is the fastest horse in the universe.
• This is an exaggeration, since there are no horses in the entire universe, nor would it be possible to determine which is the fastest.

However, this exaggeration serves to show the reader how fast Seabiscuit is, despite its physical structure.

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