Hyperbole by

Definition

ntiziani — 2013-11-15 04:43:35 UTC

language that describes something as better or worse than it really is

Works Cited

ntiziani — 2013-11-15 04:43:39 UTC

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hyperbole

http://grammar.about.com/od/fh/g/hyperboleterm.htm

http://englishemporium.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/bull-in-china-shop-iclip.jpg

http://tardus.net/1john/bagWeighsTon.png

(Mark Twain, "Old Times on the Mississippi")

ntiziani — 2013-11-15 04:44:33 UTC

"I was helpless. I did not know what in the world to do. I was quaking from head to foot, and could have hung my hat on my eyes, they stuck out so far."

(Dave Barry, "Revenge of the Pork Person," 1988)

ntiziani — 2013-11-15 04:45:28 UTC

"A man can have a belly you could house commercial aircraft in and a grand total of eight greasy strands of hair, which he grows real long and combs across the top of his head so that he looks, when viewed from above, like an egg in the grasp of a giant spider, plus this man can have B.O. to the point where he interferes with radio transmissions, and he will still be convinced that, in terms of attractiveness, he is borderline Don Johnson."

Visual

ntiziani — 2013-11-15 04:46:36 UTC

Visual

ntiziani — 2013-11-15 04:47:26 UTC

Example

ntiziani — 2013-11-15 04:47:35 UTC

I hadn't eaten since breakfast, I was so hungry I was starving!