…Troy,” to emphasize the beauty of a girl. I would die if you asked me to sing in front of my parents. – A hyperbole to persuade others not to…
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My Kingdom for a Horse
…boat, a boat, a boat, a full hundred marks for a boat!” Literary Devices Hyperbole: This phrase is hyperbolic, because no horse can cause the loss of a kingdom. Dramatic…
Meiosis
…William Shakespeare) it is a form of meiosis. Features of Meiosis It is intentional understatement. It is used to belittle a person or an event. It is opposite to hyperbole…
Figurative Language
…which include: Simile Metaphor Personification Onomatopoeia Oxymoron Hyperbole Allusion Idiom Imagery Symbolism Alliteration Assonance Consonance Metonymy Synecdoche Irony Sarcasm Litotes Pun Anaphora Tautology Understatement Short Examples of Figurative Language Similes…
Parenthesis
…parenthetical information as unimportant. Doing this, parenthesis could leave them clueless to the actual purpose of a sentence. In addition, it often creates humorous effect by using hyperbole and understatements….
Mother of Pearl
…sight, coupled with hyperbole, has made this mother of pearl an enticing object exactly similar to a beautiful woman. In the final lines, he alleges that the value of this…
Helping Verb
…uses hyperbole to express his deep love for his beloved. He says his final farewell through the use of the modal helping verbs “shall” and “will,” in order to promise…
Casey at the Bat
…creates a harmonious effect. Hyperbole: It is an exaggeration or overstatement used to emphasize a point in the poem. The phrase “straggling few” in line 5 exaggerates the number of…
Rhetorical Device
…in the poem to express his fears. For example, he has used hyperbole in the tenth line where it is stated as, “Surely the second coming is at hand,” as…
Sonnet 70
…the ambush of young days” (Line 9) shows the repetition of the /s/ and /sh/ sounds, creating a consonance. Hyperbole: It is an exaggeration for emphasis or effect. “Then thou…
Ash Wednesday
…sister between the slender / Yew trees pray for those who offend her.” It shows the continuity of the verses having no pause. Hyperbole: It is the use of exaggeration…
Let America Be America Again
…whose faith and pain” (line 67) contains consonance with the repeated /s/ and /w/ sounds. Hyperbole: It is the exaggeration used to emphasize a point. For example, “America never was…
The Soul Has Bandaged Moments
…an enjambment, carrying the thought from one line to the next. Hyperbole: It means exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally. For example, “She dances like a…
Rudyard Kipling
…editor and then as a writer, his imaginative ideas brought variety to the world of literature. Marked by allusive imagery, symbolic structures, hyperbole, metaphors, sound devices and irony, his works…
Isaiah 54:17
…/s/ in ‘and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn’. Hyperbole – There is also an exaggeration used in Isaiah 54:17, even though for the…
Matthew 19:26
…God all things are possible’ and ‘this is impossible’. Hyperbole – The phrase ‘with God all things are possible’ can be considered an exaggeration as the author claims that everything…
Sunday Morning
…her dreaming feet / Over the seas, to silent Palestine.” It shows thought and syntax continuing seamlessly from one line to the next. Hyperbole: This literary device shows exaggerated statements…
The Hollow Men
…example, lines “Between the idea / And the reality / Between the motion / And the act” show the use of this device which bring flow in the thoughts. Hyperbole:…
Diving Into the Wreck
…“First the air is blue and then….in the deep element.” The sentence continues from line 34 to line 35, maintaining the flow of thought. Hyperbole: It is an exaggeration for…
See It Through
…perceive things involving their five senses. For example, “Lift your chin and set your shoulders”; “Plant your feet and take a brace” and “Keep yourself in fighting trim.” Hyperbole: It…
