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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
Explanation and Analysis—Scale Heaven:
In Chapter 8, Hawkeye, Uncas, and Duncan realize that one of the Mingo warriors is firing on them from up in a tree. Hawkeye uses a hyperbole to describe the enemy's fierceness:
“These devils will scale heaven to circumvent us to our ruin,” said Hawkeye[.]
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Chapter 33
Explanation and Analysis—Rare Charms:
In Chapter 33, the Lenape sing a sort of funeral dirge for Uncas and Chingachgook. Their song also refers to Alice; the way Cooper describes the song, they use a string of hyperbolic similes to describe Alice's beauty:
Unlock with LitCharts A+Still they denied her no meed her rare charms might properly claim. Her ringlets were compared to the exuberant tendrils of the vine, her eye to the blue vault of the heavens, and the most spotless cloud, with its glowing flush of the sun, was admitted to be less attractive than her bloom.
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