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- Definition of hyperbole | WordReference Forums
hyperbole extravagant exaggeration Merriam-Webster hyperbole exaggeration for effect and not meant to be taken literally Webster’s New World College Dictionary Question: Which definition do you think is more accurate? (I suppose the latter definition is more accurate )
- an or a hyperbole - WordReference Forums
Hi, Why an, not a, hyperbole in the following sentence from The Statment of Articles on Impeachment "Today I am an inquisitor An hyperbole would not be fictional and would not overstate the solemnness that I feel right now " For more information, you can use the link
- the sky was black and close [hyperbole?] | WordReference Forums
Hello, May I please ask about the figure of speech in the following: " the sky was black and close to the house-tops " from Native Sun Thanks
- Im freezing - metaphor or hyperbole or both? - WordReference Forums
For me, now, the questions become very similar to those in the simpler case: Is this just exaggeration? - hyperbole Or, is this a leap of imagination into a world in which it is freezing? - metaphor There's also the third matter, which I've not raised so far: is hyperbole a figure?
- Hyperbole - more than just exaggeration? - WordReference Forums
Somebody has been trying to persuade me that "hyperbole" has a stronger meaning than "exaggeration" - a sort of exaggerated exaggeration The dictionaries point to its Greek origin as a rhetorical device, but of course it has developed everyday usages outside of the vocabulary of rhetoric I
- word for living in various places for a period of time
"Nomadic" (perhaps a hyperbole) but could be used For years I lived a nomadic existence living at no one city for more than one year Nomadic definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary nomadic (noʊmædɪk ) 1 adjective Nomadic people travel from place to place rather than living in one place all the time the great nomadic tribes of the Western Sahara Synonyms: wandering
- hyperbole - WordReference Forums
Hi, I recently felt particularly stupid to learn that "hyperbole" seems to be defined as intentional exaggeration for effect I had always thought it usually referred to unintentional exaggeration This may have been due to my tendency to use it in a derogatory way, e g : "there goes that
- He’s not usually given to hyperbole. | WordReference Forums
Hi guys! I was wondering if I could get the meaning of that sentence which is" He’s not usually given to hyperbole " in the example sentence for hyperbole in Oxford learners dictionary Thanks for the answers in advance
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