A Course of Lectures on Oratory and Criticism by Joseph Priestley 1781 The advantage of ufmg an hyperbole is that the idea of one object may be heightened and improved by ideas transferred from other objects 2.

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Shes so dumb she thinks Taco Bell is a Mexican phone company. It was so cold outside that I saw polar bears using winter jackets. A tiny bit of exaggeration may be enough to perk up the ears of your audience.

A murderer and a villain A slave that is not twentieth part the tithe. We went to the house of my sister. An Introduction to Aristotles Rhetoric.

That woman has no self-control. Chalk drawing of loudspeaker and handwritten inscription hyperbole on black desk The girl practices hard on an ellipsoid then measures her waist freaks out because of the result and leans on to run with. Shes as skinny as a toothpick.

Hyperbole Examples Examples of Hyperbole in Speech. As human as we are there are instances when we cant help but exaggerate our objective statements no matter how ridiculous it may sound. While you use hyperbole in everyday speech all the time its also a great literary device for songs speeches and advertising.

The fear of an enemy augments the conceptions of the size and prowess of their leader. The shopping cost me a million dollars. An hyperbole never expects so much as it dares.