What is Hyperbole?
Exaggeration for effect or emphasis.
You can use hyperbole to:
- Emphasize the significance of a statement
- Create a humorous or dramatic effect
- Exaggerate a point
- Show contrast
- Heighten a reader’s attention
- Persuade
Examples
- I’m so hungry I could eat a horse.
- This bag weighs a ton.
- You must have walked a million miles.