Hyperbole

A hyperbole is an exaggeration that someone says on purpose.

Hyperbole is a very important part of writing because to me hyperbole makes a story interesting. Hyperbole just adds more to a story. Most of the times, hyperbole is used for humor, to make people laugh and that is why hyperbole is one of the best figurative language out there.

Here's a poem that has a lot of hyperbole in it:

My Dog

His bark breaks the sound barrier
His nose is as cold as an ice box.
A wag of his tail causes hurricanes
His jumping causes falling rocks.
He eats a mountain of dog food
And drinks a water fall dry.
But though he breaks the bank
He’s the apple of my eye.

-The tone of this poem is lovable and very humorous.

-The mood of this poem is extremely funny and fun to read. 

Here's another poem that has a lot of hyperbole in it:

-The meaning of this poem is that the poet is trying to explain a dog in a funny way with many exaggerations and also the poet is explaining what the dog is to him/her.

Here's another poem that has a lot of hyperbole in it:

School Fight

You can’t hear a pin drop
As all the kids gather around;
They are vultures
Waiting for the corpse
Of the one who loses.
The tall kid…
He swings his fist with his hurricane force.
A torrential spray of blood
Explodes from the smaller boy’s nose
And covers the tiled floor.
The vultures fly away
As the teachers quickly approach.

-The tone has a violent nature in it.

-The mood of this poem is suspenseful but at the same time funny in a way...
-This poem just explains how most school fights are nowadays. When two students starts arguing, everyone "gathers around" as the poem says, and watches. Once the fight/arguement ends, every leaves or as the poem would say,"The vultures fly away."