It is used heavily in advertising and entertainment. Hyperbole is one of the most widely recognized and used forms of figurative language in everyday life. It can be used in a form of humor, excitement, distress, and many other emotions, all depending on the context in which the speaker uses it. Hyperbole generally conveys feelings or emotions from the speaker, or from those who the speaker may talk about. Understanding hyperbole and its use in context can help understand the speaker's point. The rhetorical device may be used for serious or ironic or comic effects. In casual speech, it functions as an intensifier: saying "the bag weighed a ton" simply means that the bag was extremely heavy. Hyperbole is often used for emphasis or effect. The first known use is in the 15th century. Unlike most English words beginning with hyper-, it is stressed on the second syllable. The word is composed from ὑπέρ hupér 'above, beyond' and βάλλω bállō 'throw'.
'Hyperbole' is derived from the Ancient Greek: ὑπερβολή huperbolḗ by way of Latin. As a figure of speech, it is usually not meant to be taken literally. In poetry and oratory, it emphasizes, evokes strong feelings, and creates strong impressions. In rhetoric, it is also sometimes known as auxesis (literally 'growth'). hyperbolic / ˌ h aɪ p ər ˈ b ɒ l ɪ k/ ( listen)) is the use of exaggeration as a rhetorical device or figure of speech. Hyperbole ( / h aɪ ˈ p ɜːr b əl i/ ( listen) adj.
This article is about the term used in rhetoric.
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