He stops at the ocean’s edge, smiles almost shyly, as if he fears disturbing her, and stretches out a colossal hand. his blue eyes are like lasers in the night. the beams bounce off his fingernails, five hard blue shields. they scan the beach, illuminating shells and sleeping gulls, then focus on her. the porch turns blue, ultraviolet. her hands, too, are blue. celia squints through the light, which dulls her eyesight and blurs the palms on the shore. which of the following is an example of a hyperbole?

The options for this question are:

A) “smiles almost shyly, as if he fears disturbing her”

B) “and stretches out a colossal hand”

C) “His blue eyes are like lasers in the night.”

D) “The porch turns blue, ultraviolet.”

B) “and stretches out a colossal hand”

Explanation: A hyperbole is a figure of speech that consist in a exaggeration of a statement or a claim that is not supposed to be taken literally. In the given excerpt we can see an example of hyperbole in the phrase "and stretches out a colossal hand" the word colossal means something that is extremely large or big, so in this case, the expression "colossal hand" is an exaggeration.

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