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Hyperbole: The Most Important Quotes

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“...The grass you are standing on, my dear little ones, is made of a new kind of soft minty sugar that I’ve just invented! I call it swudge! Try a blade! Please do! It’s delectable!”... “Isn’t it wonderful!” whispered Charlie. “Hasn’t it got a wonderful taste, Grandpa?” “I could eat the whole field!” said Grandpa Joe, grinning with delight. “I could go around on all fours like a cow and eat every blade of grass in the field!” ~ Roald Dahl, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Highlight the example of hyperbole in this passage. Remember that a hyperbole is figurative, not literal. What is the literal meaning of the hyperbole? “I could eat the whole field!” / He’s eating a lot of it. The hyperbole is actually an example of an extended hyperbole

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