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Identify the figure of speech in the sentence. I have told you a million times not to leave the gate open.

AhyperboleCORRECT
Birony
Capostrophe
Dparadox
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Why the answer is A, and why the others tempt you.
'A million times' is an obvious exaggeration used for emphasis, which is hyperbole. Irony says one thing while meaning another, a paradox is a statement that seems self-contradictory but contains truth, and apostrophe addresses an absent person or an abstract idea directly.
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