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Example of hyperbole and understatement. Understatement can be used to downplay a negative or to be humorous. Hyperbole Understatement and Euphemism. Ive told you to clean your room a million times.

Hyperbole and Understatement Worksheets Ereading Worksheets This worksheet has twenty examples of hyperbole and understatement. Without context these statements appear to be normal. Lets look at some examples.

The speaker thereby draws attention to the rain by downplaying the. Some people do have a closet full of shoes but to add emotion and exaggeration to the statement it says a million pairs instead. The example above is a common hyperbole used to emphasis the number of shoes a person has.

Understatement is a type of statement that is much less forceful than what is accurate. I did OK on that test Modest You scrape the entire side of your car. Then they explain their answers.

Instead of exaggerating an understatement works by diminishing or minimizing the facts or situation at hand. By implying that her behavior is criminal the speaker is setting a rather playful even humorous mood. Here are some example understatements.

Hyperbole means to exaggerate or go well beyond literal reality whereas understatement goes under it. Lets just say that Bill Gates has got a few nickles to rub together. With understatement the speaker understates or uses statements that are too weak to accurately describe reality.