English, 05.09.2019 21:30 nayelidlc2

Select the correct text in the passage.
which two parts of this excerpt from mark twain's "the £1,000,000 bank-note" use hyperbole?
"i may use your name! your name--think of it! man, they'll flock in droves, these rich londoners; they'll fight for that stock! i'm a made man, i'm a made man forever, and i'll never forget you as long as i live! "
in less than twenty-four hours london was abuzz! i hadn't anything to do, day after day, but sit at home, and say to all comers:
"yes; i told him to refer to me. i know the man, and i know the mine. his character is above reproach, and the mine is worth far more than he asks for it."
meantime i spent all my evenings at the minister's with portia. i didn't say a word to her about the mine; i saved it for a surprise.

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