One of my favourite poems is this from Robert Service called the Bard of the Yukon.

Example of hyperbole winter. A statement that is a deliberate exaggeration to emphasize that something is far better or far worse is a hyperbole. This bag weighs a ton. When autocomplete results are available use up and down arrows to review and enter to select.

Babe the Blue Ox American Folklore In American folk lore Paul Bunyans stories are full of hyperboles. He sang his didnt he danced his did line 4 down they forgot as up they grew line 10 she laughed his joy she cried his grief. Examples of Hyperbole in Everyday Speech.

Theres enough food in the cupboard to feed an entire army In this example the speaker doesnt literally mean that theres enough food in the cupboard to feed the hundreds of people in the army. It comically gets across just how cold it was. A hyperbole is an extreme exaggeration.

Hyperbole Examples in Literature Example 1. Here are some examples of hyperboles1 Its raining cats and dogs out there2 The sun is hotter than a toaster oven. What you will usually say is I am so hungry I could eat a horse but of course you do not really mean eating a horse.

Well now one winter it was so cold that all the geese flew backward and all the fish moved south and even the snow turned blue. Im so hungry I could eat a horse. For example you are too hungry and decided to order two meals at a time.

SERVICE There are strange things done in the midnight sun By the men who moil. Hyperbole is a figure of speech. With that you can tell that hyperbole.