Compare the following two examples of teacher statements to students. The first is:
"Sometimes we don't make a literal statement. This is hyperbole, like when you say, ‘I never worked so hard in my life.' This probably isn't true, so you grossly overstate the point."
The second is:
"Grossly overexaggerated statements, such as ‘I've never worked so hard in my life,' are a form of figurative language called hyperbole."
Of the following essential teaching skills, the second, by contrast with the first, best illustrates:
a. an effective transition signal.
b. connected discourse.
c. emphasis.
d. feedback.
b
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