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Definition of Hyperbole
Hyperbole is a figure of speech in which a writer or speaker exaggerates for the sake of emphasis. Hyperbolic statements are usually quite obvious exaggerations intended to emphasize a point... read full definition
Hyperbole is a figure of speech in which a writer or speaker exaggerates for the sake of emphasis. Hyperbolic statements are usually quite obvious exaggerations... read full definition
Hyperbole is a figure of speech in which a writer or speaker exaggerates for the sake of emphasis. Hyperbolic statements... read full definition
Chapter 8: Selling the General
Explanation and Analysis—Dolly's Transformation:
In Chapter 8, the impact of Dolly's ill-fated party on her image and reputation among the New York City socialites is described through multiple hyperboles.
Midway through the chapter, a flashback to the events two years earlier that damaged Dolly's career lays out the bleak aftermath. A description of the fallout from the oil-tray collapse uncovers Dolly's own psyche:
Even before she'd served her six months for criminal negligence, before the class-action suit that resulted in her entire net worth (never nearly as large as it has seemed) being distributed in small parcels to her victims, La Doll was gone. Wiped out. She emerged from jail thirty pounds heavier and fifty years older with wild gray hair. No one recognized her, and the world where she'd thrived had shortly proceeded to vaporize—now even the rich believed they were poor.
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