PLS HELP!! Every minute lasted an hour as I sat next to my patient and watched him struggle for air. –"Rain Forest Doctor"

What is the meaning of the hyperbole?

Time moved slowly because they were worried and in a hurry.
Time moved quickly because the helicopter was fast.
It took them over an hour to get to the hospital.
It took them only a couple of minutes to reach the hospital.

What makes this part of the anecdote about elisa effective? when [elisa] finally walks home, after seven hours of standing at a cash register, her feet hurt. she's wiped out. it makes the reader trust the author as an authority on teenage issues. it uses emotional language to the reader experience elisa's daily challenges. it presents facts to support the long hours elisa is required to work.