The speaker thereby draws attention to the rain by downplaying the.

Example of hyperbole and understatement. By implying that her behavior is criminal the speaker is setting a rather playful even humorous mood. Countable An instance or example of such overstatement. It is like hyperbole but the opposite.

The example above is a common hyperbole used to emphasis the number of shoes a person has. Lets look at some examples. An understatement would be.

Whereas in understatement the statement does not go far enough. Understatement is a type of statement that is much less forceful than what is accurate. Students read each example determine whether it is an example of hyperbole or understatement.

Then they explain their answers. You can find hyperbole examples in literature and everyday speech. Hyperbole means to exaggerate or go well beyond literal reality whereas understatement goes under it.

Some people do have a closet full of shoes but to add emotion and exaggeration to the statement it says a million pairs instead. What is an example of an understatement. Understatement is a figurative language technique.

By Fiona Fong and Abigail Darby. A figure of speech whereby something is made to seem smaller or less important than it actually is either through phrasing or lack of emphasis often for ironic effect. I did OK on that test Modest You scrape the entire side of your car.