When referring to an impossibility, it is called an adynaton.
When referring to an impossibility, it is called an adynaton. Its opposite is called meiosis.  This literary device is utilized to emphasize the truth of a statement, such as saying that someone ate a ton of food. For ten points, name this deliberate overstatement or exaggeration, which is not intended to be taken literally.
When referring to an impossibility, it is called an adynaton.
hyperbole