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- an or a hyperbole - WordReference Forums
That's it - that's the entire rule The only reason hyperbole is questionable at all is that "h" can be kind of tricky since in some words it's pronounced and in others it's silent It's never silent in hyperbole, though, at least not as far as I've ever heard, so it is a hyperbole What Rep Jordon is doing here is what is often known as "over
- Definition of hyperbole - WordReference Forums
a way of speaking or writing that makes someone or something sound much bigger, better, smaller, worse, more unusual, etc , than they are: Although he’s not given to hyperbole, Ron says we are light-years ahead of our time LITERATURE Hyperbole is also the use of such language to express humor or great emotion
- hyperbole - WordReference Forums
WordReference English definition: hyperbole noun 1 hyperbole, exaggeration extravagant exaggeration There is nothing about intention there, but, in Random House Unabridged: –noun Rhetoric 1 obvious and intentional exaggeration 2 an extravagant statement or figure of speech not intended to be taken literally, as “to wait an eternity ”
- Im freezing - metaphor or hyperbole or both?
B's case is that a metaphor uses a figure from one field to elucidate another When the figure is from the same field, it's hyperbole, so being freezing isn't a metaphor for being very cold; it's a hyperbolical use of a figure - exaggerating the degree to which one is cold
- Hyperbole - more than just exaggeration? - WordReference Forums
Here's a definition from MW for hyperbole: : extravagant exaggeration that represents something as much greater or less, better or worse, or more intense than it really is or that depicts the impossible as actual (as "mile-high ice-cream cones") -- opposed to litotes
- He’s not usually given to hyperbole. | WordReference Forums
in the example sentence for hyperbole in Oxford learners dictionary Thanks for the answers in advance A
- the sky was black and close [hyperbole?] - WordReference Forums
Hello, May I please ask about the figure of speech in the following: " the sky was black and close to the house-tops " from Native Sun Thanks
- word for living in various places for a period of time
"Nomadic" (perhaps a hyperbole) but could be used For years I lived a nomadic existence living at no one city for more than one year Nomadic definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary nomadic (noʊmædɪk ) 1 adjective Nomadic people travel from place to place rather than living in one place all the time
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