Jan 13, 2015 · 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 ...

Dec 6, 2020 · 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.

Aug 9, 2008 · 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.”

Jul 26, 2010 · 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

Dec 16, 2010 · B's case is that a metaphor uses a figure from one field to elucidate another. When the figure is from the same field, it's hyperbole, so being freezing isn't a metaphor for being very cold; it's a hyperbolical use of a figure - exaggerating the degree to which one is cold.

Jun 17, 2021 · I don’t think I’d call that phrase hyperbole (exaggeration), or even read it as a metaphor for depression. The whole story seems to be written in a rather flowery literary style, so I’d take it as simply an imaginative description, in tune with the overall mood.

Mar 3, 2016 · in the example sentence for hyperbole in Oxford learners dictionary . Thanks for the answers in advance. A.

Jan 10, 2018 · 'A pimple of a head' - hyperbole again. @Oddmania Yes, but the orb represents the queen in this case. Just like the casserole (dish) represents the entire meal with the dish. I think the one with casserole could also be synecdoche. 'The palace where the crown lives' is metonymy because the crown refers to her Majesty. Just like the orb in this ...

Oct 5, 2004 · Hi ikbendeliefdemoe, It is used here (that is, in America) at least sometimes for the same reason. Here's a link to a page that addresses the question:

Jul 5, 2007 · Ynez, There was one exceptionally gifted English writer, whose novels proclaim from every line his extensive learning and literary skill (P G Wodehouse) who puts into the mouth of his hero-protagonist (Jeeves) a kind of double superlative: