From 8f498f8b71c43b0fc6d194c74ebc634b0601239f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Susan Quigley Date: Wed, 17 May 2017 14:52:37 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update 'translate/figs-hyperbole/01.md' --- translate/figs-hyperbole/01.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/translate/figs-hyperbole/01.md b/translate/figs-hyperbole/01.md index 42903dd..12f6851 100644 --- a/translate/figs-hyperbole/01.md +++ b/translate/figs-hyperbole/01.md @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Many statements can be understood as completely true, as generalizations, or as 1. This is completely true if it really does rain here every night. 2. It is a generalization if it is mostly true because it rains here most nights. -3. It is a hyperbole if it is not nearly true, but the speaker said it perhaps because it rains here more often than he likes. +3. It is a hyperbole if it is not nearly true, but the speaker said it because it rains here more often than he likes. **Hyperbole**: This is a figure of speech that uses **exaggeration**. A speaker deliberately describes something by an extreme or even unreal statement, usually to show his strong feeling or opinion about it. He expects people to understand that he is exaggerating.