An extreme exaggeration is a statement or description that greatly exceeds the actual truth or reality of a situation. It is often used for emphasis, humor, or rhetorical effect, but is not meant to be taken literally.
Some examples of extreme exaggeration are:
- I've answered this a thousand times.
- My boyfriend is like twelve feet tall.
- In the 40's? That's freezing!
- Hot as hell
- Making a mountain out of a molehill
- As easy as taking candy from a baby
An extreme exaggeration used in literature is typically called a "hyperbole."
An hyperbole is an extreme exaggeration made for emphasis or humor.
Hyperbole.
e.g. "It ALWAYS rains when I want to go to the beach!"
Quite obviously, it doesn't ALWAYS rain... it is an extreme exaggeration to prove the point.
I am sorry but we don't know what you want to know about with the question. You didn't tell us what the "extreme exaggeration " was in the question given you.
A hyperbole is a literary term where exaggeration is used to emphasize a point.
A hyperbole
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exaggeration and stretching the truth to extreme lengths
A hyperbole is an exaggeration, but more extreme. "I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse" is an example of a hyperbole.
Extreme exaggeration used in a literary work is known as hyperbole.
The genre Satire uses extreme exaggeration as to expose folly through ironic situations and settings.
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A hyperbole is a statement of extreme exaggeration to show emphasis.
Conceit is a figure of speech that compares two unlike things in a surprising or exaggerated way to emphasize a particular characteristic. Hyperbole, on the other hand, is an extreme exaggeration used to create emphasis or effect. While both involve exaggeration, conceit usually involves a more elaborate comparison, whereas hyperbole is a direct and extreme exaggeration.
Referring to a person who may be prone to extreme exaggeration. someone You cant believe,
A hyperbole's purpose is to express the extreme magnitude of the matter at hand through over exaggeration.