For example lyrics to The Ballad of Davy Crockett by Thomas W.

Example of a good hyperbole. These high heels are killing me. Be careful its a jungle out there. Im drowning in paperwork.

Hes as skinny as a toothpick. Grandpa is older than dirt. Ive told you a million times not to do.

Shes as tall as a beanpole. Certainly in Chapter Four the mythological description of Gatsbys car by Nick is another example of hyperbole. Youre as light as a feather.

There are two main categories of figures of speech the schemes and the tropes. TO THE MOON AND BACK by Savage Garden the line I would fly to the moon and back if you would be my baby is a hyperbolic statement. But then it is a hyperbole an.

30 Hyperbole Examples 1. Examples of hyperbole can be found throughout literature and poetry. Or you might tell your significant other that theyre the dollop of whipped cream on the milkshake of existence.

Hyperbole is derived from the Greek word meaning over-casting. A figure of speech or a rhetoric or locution is a word or a single phrase that goes off the straightforward literal language. For example it could be used to describe the weather.