Kia ora.
For this week, we’ve been talking about ‘Hyperbole’, in easier terms, ‘Exaggeration.’ In The Maze Runner book, there are some metaphors, personification, hyperbole, simile, imagery, etc.
In the book, the author wrote;
- ‘He needed to learn something or he was going to lose his mind.’
And as you know, they don’t really mean that he’s going to lose his mind, it’s just another way of saying that ‘he needed to learn something or hes going to lose his sanity.’ which is possible unlike losing his mind. Because your mind doesn’t run away or get lost, that’s just impossible. But as you can see, they don’t really mean that he’s going to lose his mind, they’re just exaggerating it because it’s effective and it adds more ‘drama’ into the story so it can seem more interesting to the person reading the book — hyperbole.
For the readers who don’t know, I hope you now know what Hyperbole means by now, or a bit.
Comment what you think, and I’ll maybe reply. Bye!
