Priscilla is writing a play about the journey on the Oregon Trail. Read the excerpt from her script below, and answer the
question that follows.
ANNA: Joseph, two of the cows have become Ill, and we are running out of supplies. The next town is over a
week's Journey away. We have walked so long that I fear my feet will fall right off.
JOSEPH: We must carry on. We can make it!
Which of the following literary techniques is used in the dialogue above?
hyperbole
O metaphor
O personification
simile