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Post by Sparrow on Sept 14, 2004 21:56:10 GMT -6
Hyperbole is a literary device in which a statement is emphasized by gross exaggeration, as opposed to a literal description. "Eyes as big as saucers" is an example of hyperbole. Which is the case in the second paragraph of this chapter: "[T]heir small knives, the only weapons they had, would have been of no use against the arrows of the elves that could hit a bird's eye in the dark."? Can you name some examples of hyperbole?
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Post by Desi Baggins on Sept 22, 2004 15:36:39 GMT -6
Is that a hyperbole or not....I think maybe an elf could hit an eagles eye in the dark with an arrow....
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Post by Greenleaf on Oct 10, 2004 11:52:54 GMT -6
I tend to agree with Desi. Maybe it is a hyperbole but I wouldn't be surprised if an Elf could really hit a bird's eye with an arrow. Hmm... maybe the addition "in the dark" makes it a hyperbole...
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Post by Stormrider on Sept 10, 2012 20:44:45 GMT -6
I think in the first paragraph of chapter nine, the following sentence is more hyperbole than what Sparrow pointed out in her question above:This is more like gross exaggeration (torches being described as red stars) than Elves being able to hit a bird's eye in the dark! Elves have very good eye-sight and are sharp shooters, aren't they? That is not a gross exaggeration to me!
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