Hyperbole

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= = Hyperbole is a figurative language technique where exaggeration is used to create a strong effect. With hyperbole, the notion of the speaker is greatly exaggerated to emphasize the point. The word “hyperbole” is actually composed of two root words: “hyper” which means “over,” and “bole” which means “to throw.” So, etymologically, “hyperbole” translates roughly to “over throw” or “to throw over.” True to it’s origins, hyperbole or language that is hyperbolic overstates a point or goes a bit too far. ** Here are fifty examples of hyperbole: **


 * 1) Charlie gazed hopelessly at the endless pile of bills stretching across the counter.
 * 2) That woman has no self-control.
 * 3) That was the easiest question in the world.
 * 4) Nothing can bother him.
 * 5) I can smell pizza from a mile away.
 * 6) I went home and made the biggest sandwich of all time.
 * 7) My dad is always working.
 * 8) Patty drank from a bottomless glass of Kool-Aid.
 * 9) Allie has a million pairs of shoes in her closet.
 * 10) Old Mr. Johnson has been teaching here since the Stone Age.
 * 11) Forget knocking it out of the park, Frank can knock a baseball off the continent.
 * 12) The lesson was taking forever.
 * 13) I’ve seen this movie at least 80,000 times.
 * 14) <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana,Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: top; vertical-align: top;">Vanessa never has anything interesting to say.
 * 15) <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana,Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: top; vertical-align: top;">These shoes are killing me.
 * 16) <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana,Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: top; vertical-align: top;">Shauna does everything for him.
 * 17) <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana,Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: top; vertical-align: top;">Christmas will never come.
 * 18) <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana,Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: top; vertical-align: top;">He walked down the road to nowhere.
 * 19) <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana,Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: top; vertical-align: top;">I’d rather French kiss a rattlesnake than miss a gym period.
 * 20) <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana,Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: top; vertical-align: top;">My dad knows everything about cars.
 * 21) <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana,Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: top; vertical-align: top;">Max is the fastest thing on two feet.
 * 22) <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana,Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: top; vertical-align: top;">Basketball is the only thing that ever mattered to him.
 * 23) <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana,Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: top; vertical-align: top;">Nothing can stop these guys.
 * 24) <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana,Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: top; vertical-align: top;">My mom is going to kill me.
 * 25) <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana,Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: top; vertical-align: top;">She can have any boy that she wants.
 * 26) <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana,Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: top; vertical-align: top;">Nobody can beat level six.
 * 27) <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana,Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: top; vertical-align: top;">You’ve made me the happiest man alive, Rita.
 * 28) <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana,Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: top; vertical-align: top;">The sight of them kissing is so gross that it makes me want to puke.
 * 29) <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana,Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: top; vertical-align: top;">We’ll be best friends forever.
 * 30) <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana,Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: top; vertical-align: top;">Now there is no star that is not perfumed with my fragrance.
 * 31) <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana,Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: top; vertical-align: top;">I will never say “never.”
 * 32) <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana,Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: top; vertical-align: top;">Chris won’t drive her home because she lives on the other side of the universe.
 * 33) <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana,Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: top; vertical-align: top;">The only thing that he ever wants to do is play that game.
 * 34) <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana,Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: top; vertical-align: top;">Once I get you in my arms, I’m never going to let you go.
 * 35) <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana,Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: top; vertical-align: top;">John always knows the right thing to say.
 * 36) <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana,Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: top; vertical-align: top;">Phoebe would be content anywhere.
 * 37) <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana,Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: top; vertical-align: top;">Nothing could ever go wrong with his plan.
 * 38) <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana,Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: top; vertical-align: top;">Pam was skinny enough to jump through a keyhole.
 * 39) <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana,Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: top; vertical-align: top;">Jasmine never forgets anything.
 * 40) <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana,Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: top; vertical-align: top;">Everyone knows that.
 * 41) <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana,Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: top; vertical-align: top;">Go to the park? That’s the best idea ever.
 * 42) <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana,Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: top; vertical-align: top;">I’d move mountains for her.
 * 43) <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana,Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: top; vertical-align: top;">Tanya never stops talking.
 * 44) <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana,Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: top; vertical-align: top;">I can’t do anything right.
 * 45) <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana,Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: top; vertical-align: top;">Janet worked her fingers to the bone.
 * 46) <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana,Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: top; vertical-align: top;">Jack was thirsty enough to drink a river dry.
 * 47) <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana,Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: top; vertical-align: top;">She is perfect in everyway.
 * 48) <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana,Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: top; vertical-align: top;">Your dad is the smartest guy in the world.
 * 49) <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana,Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: top; vertical-align: top;">We tried everything that we could.
 * 50) <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana,Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: top; vertical-align: top;">I could listen to that song on repeat forever.