A hyperbole is a literary element that exaggerates things extremely. There are a couple of hyperboles ing this song. The first one is when he sings, ” Her eyes, her eyes make the stars look like they’re not shining.” This is a good example of a hyperbole because it is a big exaggeration.

“It’s raining cats and dogs” is an idiomatic expression and not a hyperbole.

Hyperbole in Poetry

• The Iliad. Homer, for example, loved using hyperbole in his epics.
• To His Coy Mistress.
• The Concord Hymn.
• A Red, Red Rose.
• As I Walked Out One Evening.
• I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud.
• My Heart Beats for You.
• The Tantrum Felt Round the World.

Explanation: HyperBole is Exaggerated talk, and the only sentence that fits that is, ”My feet are killing me”.

In the 5th century B.C. there was a rabble-rousing Athenian, a politician named Hyperbolus, who often made exaggerated promises and claims that whipped people into a frenzy. But even though it sounds appropriate, Hyperbolus’ name did not play a role in the development of the modern English word hyperbole.

10 Great Metaphors from Popular Music

• Example #1: Hound Dog (By Elvis Presley)
• Example #2: The Dance (By Garth Brooks)
• Example #3: I’m Already There (By Lonestar)
• Example #4: Hotel California (By The Eagles)
• Example #5: Waterfalls (By T. L. C.)
• Example #6: Everything (By Michael Buble)
• Example #7: Firework (By Katy Perry)

The following are some strategies for teaching hyperbole to students.

1. Introduce hyperbole by using student examples, relating to sarcasm and discussing why it is used.
2. Practice identifying examples in various pieces of literature (poetry and prose).
3. Evaluate student learning through analysis of an unfamiliar poem.

How to Write a Hyperbole

1. Think about describing anything that you have some feeling about.
2. Think about the quality of the thing that you want to exaggerate, such as its size, difficulty, beauty, or anything, really.
3. Think of a creatively exaggerated way to describe that.