Hyperbole & Understatement
A hyperbole is a bold overstatement, or the extravagant exaggeration of fact or of possibility. It may be used either for serious or ironic or comic effect. For example, 'I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse.' You literally could not eat a horse, but the exaggeration is used to emphasise the point of how hungry you are.
The opposite of a hyperbole is understatement which deliberately represents something as very much less in magnitude or importance than it really is, or is ordinarily considered to be. The effect is usually ironic.
The opposite of a hyperbole is understatement which deliberately represents something as very much less in magnitude or importance than it really is, or is ordinarily considered to be. The effect is usually ironic.
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