Question

use the paragraph to answer the question
in spite of short rations she gave enough milk to keep six men busy skimming the cream. if she had been kept in a barn and fed regularly she might have made a milking record. when she fed on the evergreen trees and her milk got so strong of white pine and balsam that the men used it for cough medicine and liniment, they quit serving the milk on the table and made butter out of it. by using this butter, to grease the logging roads when the snow and ice thawed off, paul was able to run big logging sleds all summer.
which is the best interpretation of the role of the hyperbole in this paragraph?
(1 point)
it is meant to emphasize the creativity of the crew
it is meant to emphasize the way people interacted with their animals
it is meant to emphasize the amount of milk the cow produced
it is meant to emphasize the ways of life of people from long ago

Explanation:

The hyperbole "enough milk to keep six men busy skimming the cream" exaggerates the milk - production quantity. The other options (creativity of crew, people - animal interaction, ways of life long ago) are not supported by the hyperbolic statement about milk quantity. The focus of the hyperbole is clearly on the large amount of milk the cow gave.

Answer:

It is meant to emphasize the amount of milk the cow produced