LITERATURE QUESTIONS
TRADITIONAL LITERATURE
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idiom
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hyperbole
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personification
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simile
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Detailed explanation-1: -Ans. Some common hyperboles in everyday conversations are “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.”
Detailed explanation-2: -Hyperbole is a rhetorical and literary technique where an author or speaker intentionally uses exaggeration and overstatement for emphasis and effect.
Detailed explanation-3: -He is older than the hills. 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.
Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -A hyperbole is an exaggerated statement, not meant to be taken literally, but used to create a dramatic effect.