About anti-suffragists, Professor Baillie says the following:
One of them brought me the Anti-Suffrage Petition to sign, and told me quite frankly, when I advanced
some arguments in favour of Woman's Suffrage, that she had not 'gone into it, but that she wanted to
get as many signatures as quickly as possible for that petition which was sent in yesterday, you know-
7 miles long or 7 feet high - I forget which! They may get signatures - whole villages of signatures -
but they can't really hope to influence people if they haven't taken the trouble to influence themselves,
can they? (Lines 210-217)
Her language can best be described as
O hyperbolic exaggeration meant to emphasize the silliness of the anti-suffragists.
O hyperbolic exaggeration meant to highlight the work done by the anti-suffragists.
O a metaphoric comparison designed to compliment the anti-suffragists' efforts.
a metaphoric comparison between the suffragists and the anti-suffragists beliefs.