ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Examples of hyperbole occur in sagas recounting the heroic deeds of legendary kings and warriors, tall tales, Greek and Roman mythology, and, in a broader sense, in political rhetoric and advertising slogans.

Detailed explanation-2: -Some specific types of writing, such as fairy tales, folklore, legends, and children’s writing are given to hyperbole because the overemphasis increases the great deeds or magical characteristics of famous or historical characters from literature.

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: -Hyperbole is generally such an extreme exaggeration that the literal meaning would be impossible. For example, “I’m so hungry that I could eat a horse.” It would be impossible to eat a horse, of course, but the meaning conveyed is that the speaker is extremely hungry.

Detailed explanation-5: -In the poem “A Red, Red Rose” by Robert Burns, the narrator exaggerates about the amount of love he feels for his beloved. He says that he’ll love his “bonnie lass” until the seas go dry, the sun melts rocks, and the sands of life come to an end.