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title: "Epithet, Hyperbole and Understatement"
description: "Hyperbole is deliberate overstatement or exaggeration. An UNDERSTATEMENT is the opposite of a..."
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# Epithet, Hyperbole and Understatement

> Hyperbole is deliberate overstatement or exaggeration. An UNDERSTATEMENT is the opposite of a...

**Hyperbole** is deliberate overstatement or exaggeration.

![Epithet, Hyperbole and Understatement](https://storage.yvision.kz/images/user/dariya2406/xF85J7jaJ08P1OtKLswhzSsFoKYwmA.jpg)

An **UNDERSTATEMENT** is the opposite of a **HYPERBOLE**. It is when the speaker or writer makes something sound less important than it really is.

![Epithet, Hyperbole and Understatement](https://storage.yvision.kz/images/user/dariya2406/S3x2enDBA923Rb5a78nm8E0jzdiy4V.jpg)

**Epithets** are most commonly used to describe things and people.

![Epithet, Hyperbole and Understatement](https://storage.yvision.kz/images/user/dariya2406/NN9TUmn9ufcFlA05AI9tXEAm6jZ561.jpg)

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Source: [https://yvision.kz/post/epithet-hyperbole-and-understatement-343063](https://yvision.kz/post/epithet-hyperbole-and-understatement-343063)