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Everything about Hyperbole
Rhetorical device
Hyperbole is the use of exaggeration as a rhetorical device or figure of speech. In rhetoric, it is also sometimes known as auxesis. In poetry and oratory, it emphasizes, evokes strong feelings, and creates strong impressions. As a figure of speech, it is usually not meant to be taken literally. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: HyperboleA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: The pathology of hype, hyperbole and publication bias is creating an unwarranted concern towards biodegradable mulch filmsInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Omega tableThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Figurative Framing: Shaping Public Discourse Through Metaphor, Hyperbole, and IronyCited 196 times
- Go sideways: ExaggerationA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Rhetorical operationsA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun Deliberate overstatement, particularly extreme overstatement.
Noun An instance or example of such overstatement.
Noun A hyperbola.
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Figurative Framing: Shaping Public Discourse Through Metaphor, Hyperbole, and Irony
Two Cues for Verbal Irony: Hyperbole and the Ironic Tone of Voice
Hyperbole or Reality? Investor Response to Extreme Language in Earnings Conference Calls
Electric Utilities’ ‘Death Spiral’: Hyperbole or Reality?
Hyperbole over Cyberspace: Self-Presentation and Social Boundaries in Internet Home Pages and Discourse
Metaphor, hyperbole and simile: A pragmatic approach
“There's millions of them”: hyperbole in everyday conversation
Signaling sarcasm: From hyperbole to hashtag
🆕 Influential since 2022
The pathology of hype, hyperbole and publication bias is creating an unwarranted concern towards biodegradable mulch films
Comments to “Degli-Innocenti, F. The pathology of hype, hyperbole and publication bias is creating an unwarranted concern towards biodegradable mulch films” [J. Hazard. Mater. 463 (2024) 132923]
Hyperbole or reality? The effect of auditors' AI education on audit report timeliness
Voluntary disclosure in P2P lending: Information or hyperbole?
Higher Education & Systemic Racism Hyperbole
📚 Books worth reading
- 📕Omega tableUnited States. Defense Mapping Agency. Hydrographic Center. · 1976
Geometria non euclideaRoberto Bonola · 1912- 📕Omega tableUnited States. Defense Mapping Agency. Hydrographic Center · 1975
Crocheting Adventures with Hyperbolic PlanesDaina Taimin̦a · 2009- 📕Omega propagation correction tables for 10.2 kHzUnited States. Defense Mapping Agency. Hydrographic Center · 1976
- 📕Non-Euclidean geometryRoberto Bonola · 1912
Hyperbolic geometry from a local viewpointLinda Keen, Nikola Lakic · 2007
Geometric analysis of hyperbolic differential equationsS. Alinhac · 2010
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