Urgentt! What type of figurative language is "[The turkey] is twice the size of Tiny Tim?" *

hyperbole

simile

pun

simile

Explanation:

fhe answer is simile because it uses as. in order to be a simile, the sentence has to be comparing something to another thing using the words like or as.

the sentence does not violate the phrase structure second rule (introduced by noam chomsky) because noun phrases consist of a determiner such as a, the or every, and a noun. in the sentence, the noun phrase the cake includes a determiner (the) and a noun (cake).

on the other hand, the first rule indicates that a sentence encloses a noun phrase, followed by a verb phrase. the example sentence can be analysed as follows:

john (n) + ate (v) + the (det) + cake (n).