Hyperbole is exaggerating for a purpose – it is not meant to be taken literally and it's used to emphasise a point. In his poem Sounds of the Day, Norman MacCaig describes the end of a ...
My column a couple of weeks ago on hyperbole elicited the not unexpected comment, “but all this is just simple over-statement. People exaggerate all the time! How can you elevate it to a ...
Hyperbole is exaggerating for a purpose – it is not meant to be taken literally and it's used to emphasise a point. In his poem Sounds of the Day, Norman MacCaig describes the end of a ...