ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Hyperbole is a rhetorical and literary technique where an author or speaker intentionally uses exaggeration and overstatement for emphasis and effect.

Detailed explanation-2: -Exaggeration simply means going over the top. An example is when you are waiting for your friend, and you’ve been waiting 5 minutes, but you say to him: ‘I’ve been waiting for like half an hour!’ Hyperbole means UNREALISTIC exaggeration.

Detailed explanation-3: -Hyperbole is a figure of speech or literary device that uses deliberate and extreme exaggeration to create a strong emotional response from the reader, emphasize a statement, or add a sense of drama. For example, you might say I’m so hungry I could eat a horse. You couldn’t literally eat an entire horse.

Detailed explanation-4: -hy·per·bo·le hī-ˈpər-bə-(ˌ)lē Synonyms of hyperbole. : extravagant exaggeration (such as “mile-high ice-cream cones") hyperbolist.

Detailed explanation-5: -A hyperbole is an overstatement of an idea. It is a rhetorical device or figure of speech used to evoke strong feelings or create a strong impression. A hyperbole is an obvious and intentional exaggeration not intended to be taken literally.