Assertion: hyperbole | /r/HasProperty | the use of exaggeration
Facets:
value: as a rhetorical device
type: PURPOSE
value: as figure of speech
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: Exaggeration is presenting something as better or worse than it really is whereas hyperbole is the use of exaggeration as a literary or rhetorical device.
text: Hyperbole in literature is used for emphasis or effect.
text: Hyperbole is the literary term used for exaggeration.
text: Hyperbole: Use of exaggerated terms for the sake not of deception, but of emphasis, as when ‘infinite’ is used for great or “a thousand apologies” for an apology.
text: Hyperbole is the use of over-exaggeration to emphasize a point or to be humorous.
text: Hyperbole is the use of exaggeration as literary or rhetorical device.
text: Hyperbole is the use of exaggeration - you can say anything that would exaggerate the idea, but you already used it by saying "all the time" - you don't do homework all the time because you do plenty of other things besides homework.
text: Hyperbole is the use of exaggeration to make a point.
text: Hyperbole is the use of exaggeration for effect.
text: Hyperbole: (Greek huper, above; ballein, to throw), the use of exaggeration to give a rhetorical effect, as in Lady Macbeth’s (Shakespeare’s play: Macbeth).
text: Hyperbole is the use of exaggeration as a rhetorical device or figure of speech.
text: Hyperbole is the use of exaggeration for effect.
text: Hyperbole is an exaggeration used for emphasis or humor.
text: Hyperbole: Hyperbole is used for exaggeration.