This document defines and provides examples of hyperbole, which is a figure of speech using exaggerated statements not meant to be taken literally in order to emphasize a point. The examples given are saying you are so hungry you could eat a horse, hearing something a million times, nearly dying laughing, and someone being a hundred feet tall, all of which are impossible but used to emphasize hunger, how often something was heard, the intensity of laughter, and someone's height.

3. exaggerated statements or claim.
(They are not meant to be taken
literally!)

4. “I am so hungry I could eat
a horse.”
 This
an example of hyperbole
because you could not really eat
a horse no matter how hungry
you are.
 In
this example you
are emphasizing your hunger.

5. “I've heard that a million
times.”
 This
is an example of hyperbole
because it is exaggerated to
sound impressive.

6. "I nearly died laughing.”
 This
is an example of hyperbole
because you couldn’t simply die
from laughing.
 In
this example it is obvious
that it is said to sound impressive.

7. “He is a hundred feet
tall.”
 He
could not be literally a
hundred feet tall!

8.  Hyperbole
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 Hyperbole
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