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    feelings and experiences in his military audience. MacArthur begins his speech by illustrating the importance of the code of conduct. He does this through the use of a hyperbole used to emphasize how the code of conduct is an expression of the ethics of the American soldier. “for all eyes and for all time” (MacArthur 1). The hyperbole exaggerates the importance of the code of conduct in order to bring the most attention possible to the ideals that shaped him. This section

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    mistress. He uses his tools of words with figurative language to woo this women into haveing sex with him. There is an abundance of hyperbole and personification that the speaker uses to express his love and need to perform coitus right at that instant to “control time.” “I would love you ten years before the Flood..Till the conversion of the Jews.” In this hyperbole‚ he says extremly that he will love her for an unreasonably long time will mocking a little bit at usual religious poetry that was so

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    sixth excerpt is an example of the literary device known as a hyperbole. The author uses this phrase to exaggerate Bill’s childhood experiences‚ which demonstrates his opinion in selling the boy for ransom. The author uses hyperbole again towards the end of the final excerpt. “In ten minutes I shall cross the Central‚ Southern and Middle Western States‚ and be legging it trippingly for the Canadian border.” This quote demonstrates a hyperbole because to walk from the middle of the country to Canada in

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    in the play‚ Macbeth has just killed King Duncan and is talking to his wife‚ Lady Macbeth about it. Macbeth is very paranoid and freaking out because he suddenly hears a strange knocking‚ but his hands are still covered in blood. This is where a hyperbole comes in and Macbeth says “Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood clean from my hand? No. This my hand will rather the multitudinous seas incarnadine‚ making the green one red”(2.2.60). Macbeth isn’t actually going to wash his hands with

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    gets it. In the beginning of the act one‚ he talks about how beautiful he thinks Olivia is. “Oh‚ When mine eyes did see Olivia first‚ Methought she purged the air of pestilence.”(pg 649) In that line‚ Shakespeare used a hyperbole to describe how Orsino thinks of Olivia. This is hyperbole because “purged the air of pestilence” means she made the air around her sweeter and purer‚

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    camps hoping for rescue‚ Wiesel writes‚ "If they knew‚ we thought‚ surely those leaders would have moved heaven and earth to intervene." What kind of figurative language is this (metaphor‚ personification‚ hyperbole)? How does it support Wiesel’s main ideas about indifference? He speaks in a hyperbole manner. He wishes the leaders could help them‚ and he believes they would help them if they knew what they were thinking. From what I saw‚ he was already feeling very desperate under those circumstances

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    a problem in the process that should be called attention to. Satirists at The Onion draw readers to the idea that college applicants stress more on trying to stand out than actually highlighting their abilities. The listicle includes sarcasm and hyperbole to convey their message‚ for example: “Boring last names will put your application on the bottom of the pile. Try using one like ‘Baggins’‚ ‘Gamgee‚’ or ‘Took’ for extra pizzazz”("The Onion’s Tips For Applying To College").

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    setting he satirizes human logic when it comes to war and our tendency to not think our decisions through ; especially patriotic thoughts of war and glory. Twain satirically writes of the unseen and unthought-of horrors with a mock diction‚ excessive hyperbole and vivid imagery. At first glance it seems Twain seeks to write of glory and honor as he describes the ideal patriotic scene with “Drums Beating” “Toy Pistols Popping” and describing how “the war in every breast burned the holy fire of patriotism”

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    the buckets reflected the lights onto the ceiling. When Ms.Caroline gave Walter quarters for lunch‚ he may have never seen so much money in his life. In this hyperbole‚ Harper Lee wants the reader to know how poor Walter is. Walter was too poor to afford lunch

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    Children have a difficult time sharing items‚ often utilizing brute force in tugging away their toy while screaming in a high pitch; however‚ they forget the simple art of resolving their differences by establishing a common ground upon which a settlement may be created. Unfortunately this war of property rarely ends in adulthood‚ rather it is refocused on more predominant issues in which they may hide their squabbles as political debates yet marvel why they receive the same results as bickering

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