Hyperbole and UnderstatementOnline version Terms by Literature 22 1 Hyperbole 2 Understatement She is as heavy as an elephant! Your suitcase weighs a ton! My grandmother is as old as the hills. It was so cold, I saw polar bears wearing hats and jackets. That joke is so old, the last time I heard it I was riding a dinosaur. I am so hungry I could eat a horse. There’s some water in the Atlantic Ocean. The whale is not very thin. I won the race! I can’t believe I did so well! After wrecking your car: "There's a little scratch." In the middle of an intense thunderstorm: "We're having a little rain." Telling a friend about the expensive trip you just took to Disney World: "It's a little pricy."
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