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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 16
Explanation and Analysis—Freedom:
Soon after Huck and Jim begin their journey down the Mississippi River on their raft, Jim describes his experience using hyperbolic language that Huck appropriates for himself as well:
Jim said it made him all over trembly and feverish to be so close to freedom. Well, I can tell you it made me all over trembly and feverish, too, to hear him, because I begun to get it through my head that he was most free—and who was to blame for it? Why, me.
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Chapter 29
Explanation and Analysis—Huck's Heart:
Huck narrates the novel in a Pine Country Southern vernacular and, as such, often speaks with exaggerated, hyperbolic language. For example, when Huck reunites with Jim on the raft after escaping a mob of angry townspeople who have been scammed by the duke and the king, he describes his experience as follows:
Unlock with LitCharts A+Jim lit out, and was a-coming for me with both arms spread, he was so full of joy; but when I glimpsed him in the lightning my heart shot up in my mouth and I went overboard backwards; for I forgot he was old King Lear and a drownded A-rab all in one, and it most scared the livers and lights out of me.
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