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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
Key Examples in Station Eleven
Chapter 23
Explanation and Analysis—The Light:
Kirsten worriedly repeats an alarming section of the Prophet’s “light and darkness” sermon to August, trying to figure out what this moral imperative implies. As she does so, she uses hyperbole and metaphor to explore the dangerous consequences of seeing the world in these absolute terms:
"If you are the light,” she said, “then your enemies are darkness, right?” [...] If you are the light, if your enemies are darkness, then there’s nothing that you cannot justify. There’s nothing you can’t survive, because there’s nothing that you will not do."
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