What is hyperbole?

Hyperbole is a dramatic exaggeration that makes something sound much bigger or more extreme than it really is.

The speaker doesn’t really mean they could eat a horse—it’s an exaggeration to show extreme hunger.

Choice B is funny because it exaggerates studying to an impossible level. The speaker’s brain is not actually exploding.

The sentence doesn’t mean the student literally walked a thousand miles

This is true because hyperbole is often used to show strong feelings like sadness, excitement, or frustration.

That’s a simile, not a hyperbole.

It’s figurative language used for expression, not facts.

Exaggeration adds humor or emphasis to writing.

The exaggeration shows how heavy it feels, not its real weight.

Each sentence exaggerates to show how the speaker feels. A means the wait felt very long. B means the book feels long to read. C means it is very cold. The matches show what each sentence really means, not what it says exactly.

Hyperbole is an exaggeration used to show strong feeling or emphasis. A exaggerates how hard it is raining. B exaggerates how good the day feels. Choices C and D are not hyperbole because they are either unrealistic statements or simple comparisons, not exaggerations meant to show feeling.

Writers use hyperbole to make something sound more extreme or important than it really is so the reader understands how strongly the speaker feels.

“I cried a river” is an exaggeration. It means the person cried a lot, not that an actual river was made.

The word “ton” exaggerates the amount of homework. It does not mean a real weight, just that there is a lot.

Words like “million” and “ton” often signal hyperbole because they exaggerate size or amount to make a point.