select the hyperbole in the passage.\n\nat that time bogotá was a remote, lugubrious city where an insomniac…

select the hyperbole in the passage.\n\nat that time bogotá was a remote, lugubrious city where an insomniac rain had been falling since the beginning of the sixteenth century. i noticed that on the street there were too many hurrying men, dressed like me when i arrived, in black wool and bowler hats. on the other hand, not a single consolatory woman could be seen, for they, like priests in cassocks and soldiers in uniform, were not permitted to enter the gloomy cafés in the business district.\n\nfrom gabriel garcía márquez, living to tell the tale

select the hyperbole in the passage.\n\nat that time bogotá was a remote, lugubrious city where an insomniac rain had been falling since the beginning of the sixteenth century. i noticed that on the street there were too many hurrying men, dressed like me when i arrived, in black wool and bowler hats. on the other hand, not a single consolatory woman could be seen, for they, like priests in cassocks and soldiers in uniform, were not permitted to enter the gloomy cafés in the business district.\n\nfrom gabriel garcía márquez, living to tell the tale

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Brief Explanations:

A hyperbole is an exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally. "an insomniac rain had been falling since the beginning of the sixteenth century" is an exaggeration as rain can't be "insomniac" (unable to sleep) in a literal sense and also the time frame is exaggerated for effect.

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an insomniac rain had been falling since the beginning of the sixteenth century