Hyperbole

author, Dave Barry uses a variety of comedic techniques in his writing “A Letter to My Grandson” to make his audience snicker. Barry’s letter is a high comedy that constantly uses sarcasm and hyperboles to create a comedic effect on the audience. Dave Barry’s letter to his grandson uses sarcasm and hyperboles to convey the universal truth that following the crowd isn't the best way to go because they aren't always right. To begin, Barry uses sarcasm in his letter to kick some…

alliteration, hyperbole, metaphor, onomatopoeia, and personification. In this essay I will be talking about simile, hyperbole and idioms, in the book harris and me. Some authors of fiction use similes to spark a reader's imagination while getting the information across. In Harris and me Gary Pulsen uses this simile, “they were like two hair covered dinosaurs”. This simile helped get the information across to me and my imagination…

questions the existence of God and the purpose of his own life if he doesn't exist. To get around this touchy subject for some, Sam Sparro used many figurative language techniques. The most prevalent techniques I saw were allusions, alliterations, hyperboles, and personification. First, Sam Sparro made a clear allusion to evolution. In the song he says, “And the apes climbed down from the trees And grew tall and they started talking”. An allusion is when you reference a person, place, thing,…

mariner’s suffering. A hyperbole is a literary technique that authors use to create an effect that over emphasises a certain points of the story or poem using specific words and phrases. Although most hyperboles are not physically possible they aim to have an emotional effect on the reader. In the Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Coleridge particularly uses hyperboles to exaggerate the great suffering that the mariner is put through because he killed the albatross. One example of a hyperbole in the…

similes, hyperboles, and idioms. “Figurative language is using figures of speech to be more effective, persuasive and impactful” (Literary Devices 1). Similes are literary devices that compare an item to another while using “like” or “as.” One of the many similes in The Outsiders is “[...]eat like horses[...]” means that they eat a lot, like horses do (Hinton 131). Another is “[...] tough as nails[...]” means that they are not bothered easily or do not have many emotions (Hinton 9). Hyperboles…

metaphor of the chimney to describe that all the Jews had the chimney on their minds. The word, chimney, had a hefty effect on the Jews mind-set. In conclusion, the book, Night, uses a variety of literary elements to hook the reader in. Elements like hyperboles created lots of exaggeration to express the situation more while metaphors help to describe the environment they were in. This showed how terrible the camps were and portray the how abysmal the officers were. The elements helped to…

Brutus hasn’t been acting as amiable as usual. Brutus replies that he is troubled by an inner conflict. They hear people shouting, and Brutus reveals that even though he likes Caesar, he doesn’t want him to become king. Cassius’s use of allusion, and hyperboles shows he is a manipulative character.…

fast as they can to get away from the kid. The short story expresses irony and hyperbole to create humor in the story. Irony is used to create humor in the story. Irony is seen when the son of red chief does not want…

calm, well, and beautiful. This poem, “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” by Robert Frost, has the purpose of portraying a calm and serene tone through the use of hyperbole, alliteration, and rhyme. The first way that Robert Frost portrays this tone is through the use of hyperboles to further enhance the setting. The first hyperbole is used to further enhance the tone by making the setting more vivid. Frost does this by describing how his character would “watch his woods fill up with snow”…

on the document. I will try to upload a scantron for you to use, but don’t wait for me to do so! Matching: For questions 1 through 4. Not all of the choices are used. Place the letter next to the correct word Alliteration Personification hyperbole allusion Simile Repetition Write the answer/letter next to the number. 1. D 2. 3. A 4. 5. B 6. A. exaggeration for effect B. comparison of two or more things…