Definition of Hyperbole.
Meaning;
Hyperbole is the use of extreme exaggeration for effect.
Hyperbole magnifies objects beyond their natural limits.
Hyperbole is a ridiculous exaggeration.
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You can find hyperbole in plenty of English idioms
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A common type of hyperbole is exaggeration
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Examples of a Hyperbolic Sentence
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Hyperbole in Everyday Speech
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Examples of hyperbole
Examples
I'm so tired that I could sleep for a year
I'm so hungry that I could eat a whole cow
According to
Hyperbole consists in magnifying an object beyond its natural bounds. This figure occurs very frequently in all languages, even in common conversation. As swift as the wind; as white as snow; and our usual formas of compliment are in general extravagant hyperboles. From habit, however, these exaggerated expressions are seldom considered as hyperbolical. Hyperboles are of two kinds; such as are employed in description, or such as are suggested by passion. Those are far best which are the effect of passion; since it not only gives rise to the most daring figures, but often renders them just and natural.
Hugh Blair
Dr. Blair's Lectures on Rhetoric: Abridged
A hyperbole is an exaggeration of truth. A hyperbole word is that which exaggerates an idea.
Augustus Layres
The Elements of Composition, Belles-lettres, and Oratory