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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
Hyperbole
Explanation and Analysis—The Fearfulest Thing:
After Maurya follows Bartley down to the sea in order to give him his bread and a blessing, she returns home and tells her daughters about a vision she had of Michael, using a hyperbole and allusion in the process:
I’ve seen the fearfulest thing any person has seen, since the day Bride Dara seen the dead man with the child in his arms […] I went down to the spring well, and I stood there saying a prayer to myself. Then Bartley came along, and he riding on the red mare with the gray pony behind him […] I seen Michael himself.
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