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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 29
Explanation and Analysis—Angelic Rose:
The narrator sometimes uses hyperbole to impress a point upon the reader. For example, in Chapter 50, the narrator uses hyperbole to describe Sikes:
Crackit went down to the door [of the safehouse], and returned followed by a man with the lower part of his face buried in a handkerchief, and another tied over his head under his hat. He drew them slowly off—blanched face, sunken eyes, hollow cheeks, beard of three days' growth, wasted flesh, short thick breath; it was the very ghost of Sikes.
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Chapter 35
Explanation and Analysis—Angelic Rose:
The narrator sometimes uses hyperbole to impress a point upon the reader. For example, in Chapter 50, the narrator uses hyperbole to describe Sikes:
Unlock with LitCharts A+Crackit went down to the door [of the safehouse], and returned followed by a man with the lower part of his face buried in a handkerchief, and another tied over his head under his hat. He drew them slowly off—blanched face, sunken eyes, hollow cheeks, beard of three days' growth, wasted flesh, short thick breath; it was the very ghost of Sikes.
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Chapter 50
Explanation and Analysis—Angelic Rose:
The narrator sometimes uses hyperbole to impress a point upon the reader. For example, in Chapter 50, the narrator uses hyperbole to describe Sikes:
Unlock with LitCharts A+Crackit went down to the door [of the safehouse], and returned followed by a man with the lower part of his face buried in a handkerchief, and another tied over his head under his hat. He drew them slowly off—blanched face, sunken eyes, hollow cheeks, beard of three days' growth, wasted flesh, short thick breath; it was the very ghost of Sikes.
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