Read the passage.Its rusted gate hung crookedly. Its broken windows let in the bugs. And its faded paint had peeled off in strips. Obviously, the building had been there since the dinosaur era.

The gate, windows, and peeling paint are details that suggest the building is old, but they do not prove it dates back to the dinosaur era. That final claim is an exaggeration, or hyperbole, used for emphasis. The hyperbole is “been there since the dinosaur era.”

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