Stylistic Devices – Hyperbole

Stylistic Devices – Hyperbole

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Hyperbole

What is hyperbole?

Hyperbole is the use of exaggeration as a rhetorical device or figure of speech. It may be used to evoke strong feelings or to create a strong impression, but is not meant to be taken literally. Hyperboles are exaggerations to create emphasis or effect.

Examples

Examples of hyperbole include:

• The bag weighed a ton.
• I was so hungry; I could eat a horse!
• She’s older than the hills.
• I could sleep for a year; I was so tired.
• He’s filthy rich. He’s got tons of money.
• I’ve told you a million times to help with the housework.

List of Figures of Speech in the English Language – Literary Devices
Accumulation	Climax	Metalepsis
Adjunction	Dysphemism	Metaphor
Adnomination	Ellipsis	Metonymy
Alliteration	Euphemism	Simile
Allusion	Epigram	Synecdoche
Anaphora	Epiphora (or epistrophe)	Tautology
Antanaclasis	Hyperbole	Understatement
Anticlimax	Hypophora	Zeugma and syllepsis
Antiphrasis	Irony
Antithesis	Litotes
Apostrophe	Oxymoron
Assonance	Personification
Cataphora	Puns
Chiasmus	Merism

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