What figure of speech is used in this sentence? "Here once the embattled farmers stood and fired the shot heard around the world." a. personification. b. hyperbole. c. simile. d. alliteration

In the line "Here once the embattled farmers stood and fired the shot heard around the world.", Hyperbole has been used.

Answer: B

Explanation:

The given phrase is apart of well-known poet Ralph Waldo Emerson's famous poem "Concord Hymn" which refers to the opening shot of the Battle of Concord in 1775.

With this Concord, American Revolutionary War began and led the creation of the United States of America. Emerson wanted to allude the sharp crack of the war that initiated the whole revolution and that's why emphasized it as "Shot heard around the world" which is a hyperbole.