ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -hyperbolic /ˌhaɪpərˈbɒlɪk/ ( listen)) is the use of exaggeration as a rhetorical device or figure of speech. In rhetoric, it is also sometimes known as auxesis (literally ‘growth’). In poetry and oratory, it emphasizes, evokes strong feelings, and creates strong impressions.

Detailed explanation-2: -Hyperbole is probably the one literary and rhetorical device on this list that most people have heard of. It’s not just moderate exaggeration, but extreme exaggeration: being hungry enough to eat a horse, or so angry you will literally explode, or having to walk 40 miles uphill both ways to school every day.

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: -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-5: -Those who hear or read the hyperbole should understand that it is an exaggeration. You’ve probably heard common hyperboles in everyday conversations such as “I’m so hungry, I could eat a horse, ” “I’ve seen this movie a hundred times, ” or “It cost an arm and a leg.”