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- Definition of hyperbole - WordReference Forums
a way of speaking or writing that makes someone or something sound much bigger, better, smaller, worse, more unusual, etc , than they are: Although he’s not given to hyperbole, Ron says we are light-years ahead of our time LITERATURE Hyperbole is also the use of such language to express humor or great emotion
- an or a hyperbole - WordReference Forums
That's it - that's the entire rule The only reason hyperbole is questionable at all is that "h" can be kind of tricky since in some words it's pronounced and in others it's silent It's never silent in hyperbole, though, at least not as far as I've ever heard, so it is a hyperbole What Rep Jordon is doing here is what is often known as "over
- Hyperbole - more than just exaggeration? - WordReference Forums
Here's a definition from MW for hyperbole: : extravagant exaggeration that represents something as much greater or less, better or worse, or more intense than it really is or that depicts the impossible as actual (as "mile-high ice-cream cones") -- opposed to litotes
- hyperbole - WordReference Forums
WordReference English definition: hyperbole noun 1 hyperbole, exaggeration extravagant exaggeration There is nothing about intention there, but, in Random House Unabridged: –noun Rhetoric 1 obvious and intentional exaggeration 2 an extravagant statement or figure of speech not intended to be taken literally, as “to wait an eternity ”
- the sky was black and close [hyperbole?] - WordReference Forums
Hello, May I please ask about the figure of speech in the following: " the sky was black and close to the house-tops " from Native Sun Thanks
- He’s not usually given to hyperbole. | WordReference Forums
in the example sentence for hyperbole in Oxford learners dictionary Thanks for the answers in advance A
- theres a steel knife in my windpipe - WordReference Forums
Having a steel knife in the windpipe, isn't it an exaggeration of the fact that he can't breathe? (Hyperbole) the whole sentence goes like: "And right now there's a steel knife in my windpipe I can't breathe but I still fight while I can fight" The definition of a metaphor is when something IS something else and not when something is IN
- a gross exaggeration - WordReference Forums
As either would be a gross exaggeration, there is in (the) context no detectable difference in meaning For a start, I find the expression "a
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