DEC confiscates 1,100 pounds of illegal lobsters from Price Chopper. State Department of Environmental Conservation officers seized more than 1,100 pounds of undersized lobsters from Price Chopper following inspections at three different locations during the past four months, the agency announced today.
Hyperbole. Definition: A hyperbole is a literary device wherein the author uses specific words and phrases that exaggerate and overemphasize the basic crux of the statement in order to produce a grander, more noticeable effect.The purpose of hyperbole is to create a larger-than-life effect and overly stress a specific point. hyperbole is a literary device wherein the author uses specific words and phrases that exaggerate and overemphasize the basic crux of the statement in order to produce a grander, more noticeable effect. The purpose of hyperbole is to create a larger-than-life effect and overly stress a specific point.
Hyperbole (exaggeration or hype) is a figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis. Here are a few examples: 1  It is going to take a bazillion years to get through Medical School. 2  I ate the whole cow. 3  He's 900 years old.  I am so hungry I could eat a horse.