Hyperbole examples are all around you, but what, exactly, is hyperbole, why do we use it and how do these funny sayings shape ...

Hyperbole, similes and metaphors are all types of figurative language that help to make your writing more interesting. They can be particularly helpful for creating an image of what you are ...

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 ...

When the US votes in November, it will have been "waging presidential warfare for 700-plus days": two years of incessant arguing and hyperbole. Every election is now "the most important election ...