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प्रश्न
Identify the Figure of Speech in the following line.
No one is respectable or unhappy over the whole earth.
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उत्तर
Hyperbole
Explanation:
It makes an intentional, sweeping exaggeration to emphasise the complete lack of social anxiety and unhappiness in the animal kingdom.
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- ____________
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