Hyperbole — English definition
Extreme exaggeration used for effect, not meant to be taken literally, like 'I've told you a million times.'
Where it is taught
- Point of View & Figurative Language — Reading Literature, English 6, Grade 6
In use
Hyperbole is deliberate, over-the-top exaggeration that nobody is meant to take literally — 'I've told you a million times,' or 'this backpack weighs a ton.
Point of View & Figurative Language
Taught alongside
- point of view
- first-person point of view
- third-person limited point of view
- third-person omniscient point of view
- figurative language
- simile
- metaphor
- personification
- denotation
- connotation