Identify the figurative language technique used in this example. what is the purpose? my great-grandmother is so old that she actually taught the cavemen how to make fire. question 8 options: a) the writer uses a simile to compare the grandmother to cavemen. b) the writer uses hyperbole to offer a lighthearted joke about the age of the grandmother. c) the writer uses personification to show she is older than fire. d) the writer uses an idiom to create a connection with the people in his culture.