Question

This paragraph begins with one of the most famous hyperboles in American writing. A hyperbole is an overstatement or exaggeration to emphasize a point. What are the two examples of hyperbole in this paragraph? (25 pts) see comment for said paragraph

Answer 1

This paragraph begins with one of the most famous hyperboles in American writing. A hyperbole is an overstatement or exaggeration to emphasize a point. What are the two examples of hyperbole in this paragraph?

’Tis not the affair of a city, a country, a province, or a kingdom, but of a continent – of at least one eighth part of the habitable globe. ’Tis not the concern of a day, a year, or an age; posterity are virtually involved in the contest and will be more or less affected, even to the end of time, by the proceedings now.

Answer 2

The two hyperboles (I suppose I wont have to explain what that is) in the paragraph are:

1 - ’Tis not the affair of a city, a country, a province, or a kingdom, but of a continent – of at least one eighth part of the habitable globe.

2 - ’Tis not the concern of a day, a year, or an age; posterity are virtually involved in the contest and will be more or less affected.

The parts in bold shows you exactly where the hyperbole is.*

*Note that the hyperbole doesn't occur on one word, it occurs in sentences or passages.

Hope it helped,

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