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select the hyperbole in the passage. she walked beside me and asked what appeared to be an innocent and unrelated question: \so, which do you like better, state or carolina?\ she was referring to the athletic rivalry between the triangle areas two largest universities. those who cared about such things tended to express allegiance by wearing either tar heel powder blue, or wolf pack red, two colors that managed to look good on no one. the question of team preference was common in our part of north carolina. from david sedaris, me talk pretty one day. copyright 2000 by david sedaris

Explanation:

A hyperbole is an exaggeration. The statement "two colors that managed to look good on no one" is an over - statement as it's highly unlikely that absolutely no one looks good in those colors.

Answer:

The hyperbole is "two colors that managed to look good on no one."