Question

literary devices in the danger of lying in b
that there are not that many people in the united states, by
a matter of six hundred and ten millions at the very least.
they must use some of the same people over again, likely.

which literary device is in this passage from
\the danger of lying in bed\?

metaphor - a comparison of two unlike things without
using \like\ or \as\

hyperbole - an extreme exaggeration used to make a
point

personification - attributing human characteristics to
nonhuman things

Explanation:

The passage mentions "six hundred and ten millions" of people in the US, which is an extreme exaggeration (the actual US population is far less). This fits the definition of hyperbole, which uses overstatement to emphasize a point.

Answer:

hyperbole - an extreme exaggeration used to make a point