A pillory is a device used to imprison a person's head and

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A pillory is a device used to imprison a person's head and hands, once used for public punishment. Read this quotation from paragraph 5 of the passage. "I got absolutely pilloried," says James. "I was on Today (a morning TV show) accused of killing the novel..." Which type of figurative language does the speaker use in this quotation? a) hyperbole b) idiom c) simile d) cliché