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Definition:

tylerwhat — 2013-11-13 01:07:30 UTC

A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect.

tylerwhat — 2013-11-13 01:07:35 UTC

tylerwhat — 2013-11-13 01:07:42 UTC

tylerwhat — 2013-11-13 01:07:53 UTC

Another example comes from "As I Walked Out One Evening" by W.H. Auden:

"I'll love you, dear, I'll love you till China and Africa meet,

And the river jumps over the mountain

And the salmon sing in the street,

I'll love you till the ocean

Is folded and hung up to dry

And the seven stars go squawking

Like geese about the sky."

tylerwhat — 2013-11-13 01:08:03 UTC

A great example of hyperbole in literature comes from Paul Bunyan’s opening remarks in the American folktale Babe, the Blue Ox:

“Well now, one winter it was so cold that all the geese flew

backward and all the fish movedsouth and even the snow turned blue. Late at night, it got so

frigid that all spoken words froze solid afore they could be heard. People had to wait

until sunup to find out what folks were talking about the night before.”

tylerwhat — 2013-11-13 01:08:14 UTC

American Horror Story is the best TV show ever created.

tylerwhat — 2013-11-13 01:10:26 UTC