hyperbole

(noun)

Extreme exaggeration or overstatement; especially as a literary or rhetorical device.

Examples of hyperbole in the following topics:

  • Hyperbole

    • Hyperbole is the use of exaggeration or overstatement to get your point across to your audience.
    • Hyperbole comes from the Greek word meaning exaggeration and that is exactly what it is.
    • Often, you can identify hyperbolic claims by certain trigger words such as "most," "best," or "worst. " But not all hyperbole is that clear cut.
    • Hyperbole is a form of exaggeration.
    • State how hyperbole can be used as a stylistic tool in speech
  • Personification

    • As a form of hyperbole, we know these animals can't speak English, go on madcap adventures in Disney World or use martial arts to right crime.
Subjects
  • Accounting
  • Algebra
  • Art History
  • Biology
  • Business
  • Calculus
  • Chemistry
  • Communications
  • Economics
  • Finance
  • Management
  • Marketing
  • Microbiology
  • Physics
  • Physiology
  • Political Science
  • Psychology
  • Sociology
  • Statistics
  • U.S. History
  • World History
  • Writing

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