HYPERBOLE is a figure of speech that uses an exaggerated or extravagant statement to create a strong emotional response. Hyperbole is frequently used for humor, but ALL of us drop them without even knowing it. How many of these phrases have you used?
- I tried a thousand times.
- I was hopping mad.
- I nearly died laughing.
- There are millions of other things to do.
- You’re always doing that.
- Running faster than the speed of light.
- You could be Miss Universe.
- They ran like greased lightning.
- He’s got tons of money.
- Her brain is the size of a pea.
- He is older than the hills.
- I will die if she asks me to dance.
- She is as big as an elephant!
- I’m so hungry I could eat a horse.
- I have told you a million times not to lie!
- Go and Catch a Falling Star.
- I had a ton of chores to do.
- If I can’t get a Smartphone, I will die.
- She is as thin as a toothpick.
- This car goes faster than the speed of light.
- Our new house cost a bazillion dollars.
- We are poor and don’t have two cents to rub together.
- The car is as fast as greased lightning.
- He’s got tons of video games.
- You could have knocked me over with a feather.
- Her brain is the size of a pea.
- Grandpa is older than dirt.
- My mom is going to kill me.
- That woman has no self-control.
- That was the easiest question in the world.
- Nothing can bother him.
- I can smell pizza from a mile away.
- I went home and made the biggest sandwich of all time.
