I'm writing a sonnet for english. i need to include a humerous deviceif i wrote "they would give america a show," would that be an example of exaggeration?

Read the passage, then use the explanation to infer the meaning of the word predominant. the novel was so popular that it was eventually added to a list of books that every ninth grader had to read. it became the predominant work of literature. what is the most likely definition of the word predominant?