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bolster self-esteem. In the arts,
exaggerations are used to
create emphasis or effect. As a
literary device,
exaggerations are
often used in poetry, and is...
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scales are identical, and is
regarded as
having "no
vertical exaggeration."
Vertical exaggerations less than 1 are not common, but
would indicate a reduction...
- this by his
short visits to the country. The
report of my
death was an
exaggeration. 1897 — Twain In his
later years,
Twain lived at 14 West 10th Street...
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Hyperbole (/haɪˈpɜːrbəli/ ; adj.
hyperbolic /ˌhaɪpərˈbɒlɪk/ ) is the use of
exaggeration as a
rhetorical device or
figure of speech. In rhetoric, it is also sometimes...
- of
exaggeration, emplo**** by Disney, was to
remain true to reality, just
presenting it in a wilder, more
extreme form.
Other forms of
exaggeration can...
- years.
Egyptologists and
historians now
consider both
records to be
exaggerations and
generally credit Adjib with a
reign of 8–10 years.
Adjib is well...
- five years.
Reports of
panicked users were
later dismissed as
being exaggerations or inconsequential, and the
theory itself was
dismissed as nonsense...
- elements,
related as if it were true and factual. Some tall
tales are
exaggerations of
actual events, for
example fish
stories ("the fish that got away")...
- factual, but
often includes or
features deliberate fabrications or
exaggerations. This can
involve photographs, videos, illustrations, interviews, and...
- times.
Although the
attendance numbers of free
concerts are
known to be
exaggerations,
media outlets have
registered several concerts with a
million people...
