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What kind of figurative language is used in this statement? "I was so embarrassed that I wanted to die."

AAnalogy because it explains death with a comparison.
BHyperbole because the speaker is exaggerating.
CSimile because it is making a direct comparison between two unlike things.
DOxymoron because it is a contradictory expression.

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This is hyperbole: the speaker unlikely wants to literately die from this embarrassment: It's an exaggeration. Hyperbole is an exaggeration used to strengthen one's statement.

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