You may have vague recollections of hyperbole from high school English or Language Arts class es. Or, perhaps you’re a seasoned writer looking to add more hyperbole examples to your arsenal. Maybe, ...

Have you ever been so hungry you could eat a horse? Or so tired you could sleep for a million years? If so, congratulations—you’re familiar with hyperbole (even if you couldn’t define it to save your ...

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 relationship.

Let's be honest, we're all drama queens sometimes. Whether you're texting your bestie you're “literally dying” over the latest celebrity gossip or declaring on social media that Monday mornings are ...