Hyperbole is the use of excessive statements or claims that do not need to be understood literally. The use of exaggeration as a rhetorical device or speech is present. In poetry and rhetoric, hyperbola emphasizes, causes strong feelings and creates strong impressions.
Some of the hyperbola about school in general would be:
- I have a million things to do today.
- Her brain is the size of a pea.
- My geography teacher is older than the hills
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- She's so dumb, she thinks Taco Bell is a Mexican phone company.