Mnemonic tip for Hyperbole:
Hyperbole BOLE to ‘hyper bolna’. Hyper means ‘excessive’. So hyperbole means ‘excessive speech’, that is extravagant exaggeration in speech which is basically used for creating emphasis.
Meaning of Hyperbole:
1. A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect, as in I could sleep for a year or This book weighs a ton.
Pronunciation: hahy-pur-buh-lee