Take this statement for example.

Example of hyperbole beach. I could sleep for a year. The sun was so hot it dried up the ocean. In this sentence the temperature is being exaggerated.

I am very hungry. There is exaggeration and then there is exaggeration. This work is killing me.

The idea to add emphasis through deliberate exaggeration helps the writer bring a description or situation to life. It was time for me to go the waves got much quieter the tall palm trees dancing in the wind got distant the yachts lolling on the waves got tinier and tinier until it was gone. The sun the main guest hasnt arrived yet but the beach is well lit already.

The Worst Day of My Life Worksheet. 22 may 2019 3 i avoid beaches like the plague. If you cant be dramatic in poetry where can you.

A poem with multiple examples of hyperbole. Fatima is hungryreally hungryand her favorite snack is wheat crackers. The beach where land meets water where wonders are kept where all doubts flee will always be there.

We actually use hyperbole in our daily lives most especially during our conversation with family members friends or loved ones. Throughout the ages hyperbole has appeared in poetry time and time again. Shes as skinny as a toothpick.