"The classroom was a zoo during the substitute teacher's lesson. Students shrieked, papers flew across the room, and two boys in the back argued loudly over a pencil."
Which figurative language device is used in the first sentence, and what does it mean?
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A
A metaphor comparing the classroom to a zoo, suggesting it was wild and chaotic.
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B
A simile comparing the classroom to a zoo, suggesting students were learning about animals.
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C
Personification, giving the classroom animal-like qualities by calling it a zoo.
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D
Hyperbole, exaggerating how bad the class was by claiming wild animals were present.