Hyperbole

Hyperbole - The super-est, giantest, best(-est) exaggeration ever!! ( ...See what I did there?) A hyperbole is a casual type of figurative language simply defined as an exaggeration. It's frequently used in poetry, but can be used really anywhere.

"And fired the shot heard 'round the world." - Ralph Waldo Emerson, in //The Concord Hymn// "The pull was unendurable. The pain unendurable." - James Ramsey Ullman, in //A Boy and A Man//



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