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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 14. Glory to the Cock!
Explanation and Analysis—Scandalous Outrages:
Spared in part by hyperbole, Rimsky manages to outsmart the Variety Theater’s vampiric administrator in Chapter 14. As Varenukha returns to the theater with updates about Styopa’s disappearance, the theater director begins to sense that something is awry:
Varenukha continued his story, and the more he spoke, the more vividly the chain of Likhodeyev’s scandalous antics and outrages unfolded before the financial manager. And every link in this chain was worse than the preceding one.
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