Friday, July 11, 2014

Hyperbole

A hyperbole is an exaggeration.


The word hyperbole comes from --
 about1520; Greek hyperbolḗ excess, exaggeration,throwing beyond, 
equivalent to hyper- hyper- + bolḗ   throw

An example of using the word hyperbole from the news in October of 2016:
http://www.businessinsider.com/weather-channel-warning-evacuate-hurricane-matthew-2016-10