LITERATURE QUESTIONS
GOTHIC LITERATURE
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Question
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When a group of of words all start with the same sound.
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When words sound like what they mean.
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An extreme exaggeration
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A comparison
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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: -Hyperbole is a literary device used to draw emphasis through extreme exaggeration. Hyperbole is not meant to be taken literally, but rather understood as a means of communicating something specific. Those who hear or read the hyperbole should understand that it is an exaggeration.
Detailed explanation-3: -: extravagant exaggeration used to emphasize a point.
Detailed explanation-4: -Hyperbole is extreme exaggeration. It’s not meant to be taken literally. Writers use hyperbole to create imagery, emphasize feelings, or provide insight about a character. Hyperbole appears in novels, songs, poems, and daily speech.
Detailed explanation-5: -I will die if she asks me to dance. She is as big as an elephant! I’m so hungry I could eat a horse. I have told you a million times not to lie!