♦ Hyperbole: - অতিরঞ্জন করা। - An exaggerated statement or an extreme overstatement. - Hyperbole is a figure of speech that uses an exaggerated or extravagant statement to create a strong, emotional response. As a figure of speech, it is not intended to be taken literally. Hyperbole is frequently used for humor.
- Example:
“I'll love you, dear, I'll love you Till China and Africa meet, And the river jumps over the mountain And the salmon sing in the street," (by W.H. Auden: As I Walk Out One Evening)
• উল্লেখিত প্রশ্নের বাকি অপশন গুলো হলো: - Metaphor: An implicit comparison between two different thing. - Machinery: The supernatural agents used in an epic or a mock epic. - Irony: A statement or an action which actually means the opposite of a real situation.
Source: ABC of English Literature by Dr M Mofizar Rahman