Hyperbole

Hyperbole is the use of exaggeration as a rhetorical device or figure of speech. In rhetoric, it is also sometimes known as auxesis (lit. "growth"). In poetry and oratory, it emphasizes, evokes strong feelings, and creates strong impressions. As a figure of speech, it is usually not meant to be taken literally.

Usage

Hyperbole may also be used for instances of such exaggerations for emphasis or effect. Hyperboles are often used in casual speech as intensifiers, such as saying "the bag weighed a ton". Hyperbole makes the point that the speaker found the bag to be extremely heavy, although it was nothing like a literal ton. Understanding hyperboles and their use in context can further one's ability to understand the messages being sent from the speaker. It has been established that use of hyperboles relays emotions. Hyperbole can be used in a form of humour, excitement, distress, and many other emotions, all depending on the context in which the speaker uses it.

Literal and figurative language

Literal and figurative language is a distinction within some fields of language analysis, in particular stylistics, rhetoric, and semantics.

Literal language uses words exactly according to their proper meanings or precise definitions.

Figurative (or non-literal) language uses words deviating from their proper definitions in order to achieve a more complicated understanding or heightened effect. Figurative language is often achieved by presenting words in order for them to be equated, compared, or associated with other normally unrelated words or meanings.

Literal usage gives words their proper meanings, in the sense of the meaning they have by themselves, outside any figure of speech. It maintains a consistent meaning regardless of the context, with the intended meaning corresponding exactly to the meaning of the individual words. Figurative use of language is the use of words or phrases that implies a non-literal meaning which does make sense or that could [also] be true.

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It will change your life It will take you from the dark into the light Nothing can prepare you You're so empty now You're so empty now
Hyperbole Prove it to me My eyes won't see, show it to me
So many promises of joy, so many empty words of happiness I'm doing fine here on my own, better than you no matter how you spin it Yeah, that's the ticket
If I say it long enough it will be true (I can't hear you, I know it's not true) If I say it loud enough you'll think it too I can't hear you, I know it's not true)
There's no greater peace All the pressures of your chaotic life will cease You can be like we are You're so lonely now You're so lonely now
You make it sound so tempting, but I didn't just get off the turnip truck I won't buy what you're peddling, the ship you're selling me has run aground I've been around
If I say it long enough it will be true (I can't hear you, I know it's not true) If I say it loud enough you'll think it too I can't hear you, I know it's not true)

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US launches largest-ever warship: What does it mean for Asia?

Edit CNN 24 Jul 2017

(CNN)The United States has just sent "a 100,000-ton message to the world," says US President Donald Trump. The message comes in the form of the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford, a $13 billion behemoth commissioned into the US Navy's fleet on Saturday ... The Ford joins a US military arsenal trying to stay supreme in the face of new challenges in an increasingly tense North Asia ... Read More. Photos. ... Stennis in the Pacific Ocean ... 1 of 10 ... ....

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Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures as he speaks at a joint news conference with French President Emmanuel Macron at the Palace of Versailles as they meet for talks before the opening of an exhibition marking 300 years of diplomatic ties between the two countries, in Versailles, near Paris, France, Monday, May 29, 2017.

Putin Places a Bet on North Korea

Edit Korea Times 23 Jul 2017

By David T. Jones. Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin recently had their first meeting in Germany. How ironic to have American and Russian presidents meeting in Germany to solve the world's problems. North Korea was only a passing topic previously, but the missile launch on July 4 has raised the ante ... Trump is instinctive and tries to develop rapport with those he meets and wants to influence ... election ... election was doubtless a surprise ... ....

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President Donald Trump speaks before signing bills in the Diplomatic Reception Room at the White House, Friday, June 2, 2017

The White House Says Trump Will Sign a New Russia Sanctions Bill

Edit Time Magazine 24 Jul 2017

(WASHINGTON) — The White House indicated Sunday President Donald Trump would sign a sweeping Russia sanctions measure, which the House could take up this week, that requires him to get Congress’ permission before lifting or easing the economic penalties against Moscow ... The legislation is aimed at punishing Moscow for meddling in the presidential election and its military aggression in Ukraine and Syria ... Rep ... ports ... ....

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San Antonio police officers investigate the scene where eight people were found dead in a tractor-trailer loaded with at least 30 others outside a Walmart store

At Least 9 People Dead In 'Human Trafficking' Case In Texas Parking Lot

Edit Yahoo Daily News 24 Jul 2017

More. At least nine people died after being crammed in a sweltering tractor-trailer in a Walmart parking lot in San Antonio, Texas, early Sunday morning. Dozens of others were suffering from heat-related ailments in what San Antonio Police Chief William McManus called a “horrific tragedy” and a “human trafficking crime.” ... The employee complied with the request before calling authorities, who soon arrived on the scene ... ... ....

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Edit The Observer 24 Jul 2017

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Leonard Pitts Jr.: GOP tackles nonexistent problem

Edit The Spokesman-Review 24 Jul 2017

A little context is critical here. It would be too easy to dismiss Donald Trump’s Commission on Electoral Integrity as superfluous evidence of the intellectual erosion of the Republican Party. As a Twitter observer who styles himself LOLGOP quipped last week when the commission held its first meeting ... It is only mildly hyperbolic to describe what is happening here as a soft coup – the theft of legitimate power by illegitimate means ... ....

A special Spieth win that will live long in golf lore

Edit The Recorder 24 Jul 2017

SOUTHPORT, England — Someday, perhaps very soon, there will be a plaque at Royal Birkdale for Jordan Spieth, much like the one off the 16th hole that celebrates Arnold Palmer and the 6-iron he slashed out of the rough in 1961 to usher in a new era of golf. The only question will be where to put it ... Johnny Miller called it the “greatest finish I have seen in championship golf,” and for once this wasn’t television hyperbole ... ....

Indonesian leader polishes strongman image by calling for drug killings

Edit CNN 24 Jul 2017

(CNN)Indonesian President Joko Widodo has called on police to kill drug dealers who resist arrest in what critics say is an attempt to burnish his credentials as a strongman leader among wavering voters. "As I've said before, just be firmer, especially to those foreign drug dealers entering the country, particularly those who resist ... Read More ... Replay ... "I think he made a hyperbolic statement, rather than calling it as a policy," he said....

GFW: 6 Sides Of Impact (20/07/2017)

Edit What Culture 23 Jul 2017

Hailed as a new era for the troubled outfit, the newly-branded GFW seemed to confuse more than excite and was looking more and more like another empty promise to add to the long list of hyperbole and spin to come out of the notoriously fickle TNA front office ... Undoubtedly, the GFW merger has ticked that box emphatically ... ....

England v India: Women's World Cup final – live!

Edit The Guardian 23 Jul 2017

LIVE Updated. Supported by. About this content. Key events. Show. Live feed. Show. 10.02 PREAMBLE. There’s a danger of overstating just how big a deal today is. And the last thing you’d want from a Guardian Over-by-Over blog is hyperbole (ahem). But walk with me, for a moment. Up until 1999, women weren’t allowed to be MCC members ... Now, they’ll probably be on the sauce an hour into this match and get royally tanked ... Facebook. Twitter ... ....

Those once supported by Moments House team up to help Alice Trumbulll after cancer diagnosis

Edit The Berkshire Eagle 23 Jul 2017

PITTSFIELD — Sharon Debonis, cancer-free for four years now, recalls vividly the first time she saw Moments House, the nonprofit center that offers support for cancer suffers and their families. She drove by it. Several times. "After I was diagnosed, I heard about [Moments House] by word of mouth," she said. "I drove up to the door and I didn't go in. "I did that a few times," she said, laughing ... But it was ... This is not hyperbole ... ....

Miguel Gonzalez key to Oklahoma City Energy's playoff pursuit with win vs. Colorado Springs

Edit The Oklahoman 23 Jul 2017

Miguel Gonzalez does not play like the shortest player on the pitch. Yes, that is often one of the more nauseating cliches in sports. He plays with a big heart, he outwits the taller opposition, etc. But no hyperbole is needed when the 5-foot-8 Oklahoma City Energy forward is fighting (and often wins) an aerial challenge. "Because of his timing, he is powerful in the air," Energy coach Jimmy Nielsen said ... Colorado Springs Switchbacks....

Column: A win by Spieth that will live long in golf lore

Edit Richmond Times Dispatch 23 Jul 2017

SOUTHPORT, England (AP) — Someday, perhaps very soon, there will be a plaque at Royal Birkdale for Jordan Spieth, much like the one off the 16th hole that celebrates Arnold Palmer and the 6-iron he slashed out of the rough in 1961 to usher in a new era of golf. The only question will be where to put it ... Johnny Miller called it the "greatest finish I have seen in championship golf," and for once this wasn't television hyperbole ... ———— ... ....

For Jordan Spieth, the Open Championship victory was one for the ages

Edit PGA 23 Jul 2017

SOUTHPORT, England (AP) — Someday, perhaps very soon, there will be a plaque at Royal Birkdale for Jordan Spieth, much like the one off the 16th hole that celebrates Arnold Palmer and the 6-iron he slashed out of the rough in 1961 to usher in a new era of golf ... RELATED. Final scores . Photos ... Johnny Miller called it the "greatest finish I have seen in championship golf," and for once this wasn't television hyperbole ... ....

When the Lift Bridge closes in August, Stillwater’s gonna’ be a whole new town

Edit Pioneer Press 23 Jul 2017

A line of cars on Chestnut Street waits to cross the Stillwater Lift Bridge into Wisconsin during the afternoon rush hour on Wednesday, July 19, 2017 ... Croix River ... “I’m not given to hyperbole, but I think just closing the bridge and removing the traffic congestion and the changes that are going to come then — or could come — will be the best thing to happen to Stillwater in decades,” Kohtz said ... Main St ... ....

The criminality of Republican leadership

Edit Democratic Underground 22 Jul 2017

Paul Ryan does. And so does the majority of the Republican Party ... In effect, they became accomplices ... They were afraid to speak up ... How could anyone trust these people under these circumstances? It is not hyperbole to call them "traitors". ....

Who was Maryam Mirzakhani?

Edit The Hindu 22 Jul 2017

She had an uncanny intuition for geometric problems, Professor Bhargava said, which she would solve through drawings that looked like beautiful doodles “but were in fact profound geometric insights that she would then make rigorous later on.” Mirzakhani was interested in complicated curved surfaces or hyperbolic geometry....

Sexist “Doctor Who” haters don’t just deserve our scorn, they need it

Edit Salon 22 Jul 2017

On top of a number of editorials in various papers and on various websites decrying the move, some outlets underhandedly published nude photos of the incoming Doctor, Jodie Whittaker, from her past onscreen roles. Yet, it was on the social-media accounts of predominantly male individuals that one saw the most vitriolic and hyperbolic negative reactions to Whittaker’s casting ... #NotMyDoctor....

Incorrect reportage ‘alienating’ people of Kashmir: J-K CM Mehbooba hits out at media

Edit Hindustan Times 22 Jul 2017

Chief minister Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday said the press needed to ensure correct and contextual portrayal of happenings in Jammu and Kashmir, and abstain from debates and reportage which were “far from reality” ... The NC working president said it was imperative to ensure that the reportage from Kashmir, especially that by the electronic media, was factual and free from any hyperboles, biases and prejudice ... ....

Incorrect reportage ‘alienating’ people of Kashmir: Mehbooba Mufti

Edit Hindustan Times 22 Jul 2017

The CM stated this while interacting with a visiting Press Council of India (PCI) team which met her here ... Headed by SN Sinha, the three-member PCI team is on a week-long tour of the state ... The NC working president said it was imperative to ensure that the reportage from Kashmir, especially that by the electronic media, is factual and free from any hyperboles, biases and prejudice ... ....

Hyperbole

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Literal and figurative language

Hyperboles