Definition:
A hyperbole is a literary device wherein the author uses specific words and phrases that exaggerate and overemphasize the basic crux of the statement in order to produce a grander, more noticeable effect. The purpose of hyperbole is to create a larger-than-life effect and overly stress a specific point. Such sentences usually convey an action or sentiment that is generally not practically/ realistically possible or plausible but helps emphasize an emotion.
Example:
“I am so tired I cannot walk another inch” or “I’m so sleepy I might fall asleep standing here”.
Is “The night I hit rock bottom” a hyperbole?
What about in Margaret Atwood’s “Time capsule found on the dead planet”, when she writes: “If you had enough of it, it was said, you would be able to fly”. This is in reference to money. Is this hyperbole? Could it be any other literary device? Thanks.
Is “sick to my stomach” hyperbole?
I saw etor in the pool of blood
yes
yes for sure no joke it is
Is “There was a stiff feeling in the air” a hyperbole
Would “she felt an ashy hollowness” be hyperbole?
yes
Is “a pool of silence” a hyperbole?
yes
That would be a metaphor
is “your belly is like a pot of bad water” a simile or a hyperbole
simile
A simile, because it has “like”, similes have like or as always
Simile
You are comparing to different things, using “like”.
It is simile
no, similie, uses the word ‘like’
It’s a simile.
Here the “belly” is being compared to “a pot of bad water”.
I have a mountain of homework that will take me a thousand years to finish.
He crushed me with his bear like arms.
I’ll die a thousand deaths before I let you kiss me.
Is “hard-riding men with faces of steel” a hyperbole?
is “the world feels like it has poured all of its despair onto me” a simile, hyperbole, or personification?
It would be more correct to say “I feel as if the world has poured all of its despair onto me.” Yes, I think that is hyperbole.
simile
personification
and beating the brains out of—”
“Chill,” I ordered. Honestly,
is this a hyperbole
Is “parched throat” a hyperbole
No, because the definition of “Parched” is “dried, from heat”/”Thirsty”. To say you have a parched throat is to literally say your throat is dry because of the heat, or you are thirsty.
What about “music reminds me that pain is temporary”
How about “god rest his soul”
NO
I don’t think so.
is her heart was tired a hyperbole
I think that is a personification.
Is “My heart was crashing in my chest.” A hyperbole
No it’s a metaphor
no it isn’t dont teach people wrong stuff bruh
A piece of him had already died in me? Is this a hyperbole
Metaphor
Is “I saw death cut down a thousand men” a hyperbole
That’s personification
is, “the mountain piercing the clouds” an example of hyperbole?
thats a personification
is “I held its death” a hyperbole?
is
To satisfy our hunger for more
An hyperbole
I don’t think so
is ‘deathly pale’ a hyperbole?
Not sure…
yes
I don’t think so. Dead people are really pale, and I used to be that pale. My sister is that deathly pale.
it can be metaphor too
Really late, but that sounds more like imagery
um i think it would be hyperbole or metaphor
is ‘bathed in anxiety’ a hyperbole or is it just a metaphor
What about “wound you with my words”
Is “loves gonna get you killed” a hyperbole?
Is “Her light brown skin sparkled with beauty” a hyperbole?
I’d say that’s more imagery.
yes
how about “Tommy screamed with the laughter”
Oxymoron
Is “good for nothing ” a hyperbole?
is “the air is shattered” a hyperbole
yes
Is “she doesn’t feel the same about us in her bones” a hyperbole?
“But there’ll be one who will collect my soul” , is this an hyperbole?
i think that’s a metaphor
Is this a hyperbole “but again there was only a soft hissing bubble of blood on his
mouth.”
What about “a sigh heaved by an aggrieved woman”?
No that is a onomatopoeia because of the word hissing
personification id say
What about “To love with all my might” ??
I think so
Yes , it places emphasis on the emotion
is “I could not contain my excitement” a hyperbole?
Is a cold fear crept up my body churning my stomach and tightening its grip on my throat hyperbole?
That is personification because it is depicting the actions of fear as if it were a person
like this movie is so scary, I might pop my head if I scream one more time.
Is “i watched you slip through my hands a hyperbole”
yay for you that’s a good one
is “i killed them, but they would not die” hyperbole? if not is it any literary device?
i think that’s a paradox.
It is.
what literary device is “he filled the holes that you burned in me”?
imagery
imagery isn’t a literary device, it’s an effect that is caused by devices
You clearly haven’t read the list up above, imagery IS a literary device.
Is “you’re carved in the palm of my hand” hyperbole?
metaphor
How about ” Aiden’s voice was filled with cold steel” ?
what about “We danced like the Sun’s flaring fires.”
I think this is a simile
yea it is it uses like or as
Yes
it is a simile fo sho
what about “when i die put my money in the grave”?
not really
i thought you’d be the missing piece to my heart
yep u right great job
What about “her love makes me strong”?
Hyperbole is an extreme exaggeration. Her love makes me strong may be a fact, but it’s not necessarily an obvious exaggeration. Her love makes me swim oceans, climb Everest, and jump to the moon, is a hyperbole.
“To die cheaply in the pages of our daily life”
How times files
Poetic, but not hyperbole.
what about “I have nothing left to lose”
what about “heavy heart” ???
It is alliteration
it is an alliteration
what about “if you have half a brain”
If you like making love at midnight, in the dunes of the cape
I´m the love that you´ve looked for, write to me, and escape
noice song
like the song
Thats one alright.
That’s a metephor because you cannot litterly have half a brain
what about broken heart?
a chill rose to the stomach
it’s raining cats and dogs..
Pretty sure that’s an idiom
What about “the great ones are the ones who can harness that lightning”
How about “smoke is coming out of your ears”???
I think this is hyperbole
idiom
What about broken head?
Winds so relentless that they could carve callously into walls
How about “Fear in my bones”?
If stares could kill i would be dead by her stare.
cool
She was so angry that she could burn the whole world.
I feel strong I could carry a mountain.
I feel SO strong could carry a mountain.
Fear stood in the way.
Um, Actually, this is personification.
thats a personification
thats a personification
What about “butterflies flying in my stomach”
Metaphor I think
That isn’t comparing anything though.
Comparing the feeling of having butterflies in one’s stomach to a nervous stomach ache.
Meaning u are hungry.
Noooo
lol
Idiom
What about the glittering of the glass?
imagery
I am so lazy i can’t reach the door.
that’s me
honestly same
Yes
personification?
I’m so hungry I could eat a horse!
Really i’m so hungry i could eat a car🤗😋😂🤣🏎