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Definition of Hyperbole
Hyperbole is a figure of speech in which a writer or speaker exaggerates for the sake of emphasis. Hyperbolic statements are usually quite obvious exaggerations intended to emphasize a point... read full definition
Hyperbole is a figure of speech in which a writer or speaker exaggerates for the sake of emphasis. Hyperbolic statements are usually quite obvious exaggerations... read full definition
Hyperbole is a figure of speech in which a writer or speaker exaggerates for the sake of emphasis. Hyperbolic statements... read full definition
Part II, Chapter 4: Nao
Explanation and Analysis—Hundred Thousand Million:
Nao’s diary entries capture the reader from the very start. Frank and hyperbolically humorous, they approach the world with a sense of childlike innocence. Nao is unafraid to speak her mind to the reader, as with this sentence in Part II—she recounts her bus ride to Jiko’s temple with a flourish of exaggeration:
The bus made about a hundred thousand million stops that didn’t look like bus stops at all, with just a bench on the side of the road, or a rusty round sign on a post, or sometimes a little hutlike thing that looked like where you’d keep the filtration unit for your hot tub if you lived in California.
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