English

Henry Manning

24 October, 09:21

There's not a single lump there!" she said at last. "There's not a lump as big as a pin-except backbone lumps, and you can only feel them because you're thin. I've got backbone lumps myself, and they used to stick out as much as yours do, until I began to get fatter, and I am not fat enough yet to hide them." Which best identifies an example of hyperbole from the passage?

used to stick out as much as yours do"

"not fat enough yet to hide them"

"a lump as big as a pin"

"not a single lump there"