10. “I can’t be tied to you like some kind of pathetic Rapunzel, clinging to you
from my tower through the need for survival.” Page 230 The woman in this sentence describes how she doesn’t want to be
dependent and waiting for the man to help her by using the simile like some kind of pathetic Rapunzel. She wants to be independent and support herself
not waiting for someone to help her like Rapunzel, a fairytale character that got locked in a big tower.
4.2.3 Hyperbole
1. It was a gaze that terrified football club presidents, bamboozled journalists
and bewitched women the country over. Page 10 This expression is hyperbole because there is no man that have a gaze
that can terrified, bamboozled and bewitched all the people in one country, even a president doesn’t have it. The real meaning of this expression is that
the man looked people intensely. 2.
The hot liquid inside of her cooled and solidified into a rod of fortified steel. Page 14
This expression is hyperbole because there is no human that have a hot liquid inside the body that can solidify into a rod of fortified steel. It is an
exaggeration expression that shows how angry the woman at first but finally manage to control her anger and be calm.
3. That one’s impossible. Unexpected. And uncontrollable by man or beast.
Page 60 This figurative expression is exaggerate because it actually talking
about a little girl and there is no way that a little girl can not be controlled by
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any man. It is a hyperbole expression while the real meaning is that the girl is a little big naughty.
4. “Danny it would take a nuclear bomb to shift your self-belief.” Page 69
This figurative expression is hyperbole. It wouldn’t take a nuclear bomb to shift someone self-belief. This exaggeration expression just wants to
emphasize that this Danny character has a really strong confidence. 5.
It could have been the click of the camera accidentally catching him one moment before his eyes skittered past her to Cal, who likely had them in
stitches with some ribald joke. Page 88 The expression who likely had them in stitches with some ribald jokes is
a hyperbole because this Cal character can not give them stitches or hurt them just with jokes. No one can do that. This expression just emphasizes that they
are laughing so hard because of Cal’s jokes. 6.
“Lily could sleep atop an active volcano and she wouldn’t care.” Page 89 No one can sleep atop an active volcano and not care about it because it
would be terrifying if the volcano erupts. So this is a hyperbole that emphasizes the fact that Lily can sleep anywhere and has a good sleep.
7. She had to discreetly clear a frog from her throat before adding, “That people
can be heart, body and soul, until the end of time, faithful?” Page 103 This is a hyperbole expression. No one can clear a frog from their throat
and then speak like nothing happen. This is an exaggeration expression that emphasizes how the woman shocked because of something and speechless
then try to speak as usual.
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8. For he was sensitive, smart and easily the sexiest man to ever walk the planet.
Page 155 This expression is hyperbole because how can they know that the man
they are talking about is the sexiest man to ever walk the planet. There is million of man in the planet and he can not be the sexiest because people
have different opinions. So it is an exaggeration expression. The real meaning of this expression is that the man they are talking about is so handsome, sexy
and they really like him. 9.
“Come on in, Jerry, you have to feel this bed,” Simone said. “This is truly the mattress of the gods.” Page 157
This is truly the mattress of gods is a hyperbole because gods do not sleep and they do not have mattress because of that reason. This figurative
expression is exaggeration. The real meaning of this expression is the mattress is so comfortable and soft.
10. “You have to find out where he bought his sheets,” Simone said as she leaned
in for a last goodbye kiss. “They are pure heaven.” Page 160 This sentence is truly a hyperbole expression because in this sentence
Simone said that the sheets are pure heaven. As we know, heaven is not sheets. So this is a hyperbole expression that is used to emphasize how soft
and beautiful the sheets are. 11.
For he knew it would take more than Brooke’s squared shoulders for him to forget she was sitting two small rooms away. It would take more than a
hurricane. An earthquake. Page 186
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This is a hyperbole expression because this sentence states that it takes an earthquake and more than hurricane to make the man forget the woman. It
exaggerates the fact that the man needs more than natural disaster just to forget a woman.
12. For she knew that this was a guy who worshipped her. Page 197
This expression is hyperbole. A man can love a woman so deeply but there is no man that worships a woman like that. This expression just want to
emphasize the fact that the man so in love with the woman. 13.
And then Emily was gone, leaving Brooke with the locket clasped tight within her sweating palm; and three phone lines on her console lit up as if
her spaceship was going down
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Page 216 In this hyperbole expression, the writer uses three phone lines on her
console lit up as if her spaceship was going down as a way to emphasize that there are three phone lines that are waiting to be answered by Brooke. It is an
exaggeration expression. It is impossible that Brooke has a spaceship. 14.
His eyes smoldering so hot she could barely hear his words over the blood rushing in her head
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Page 227 It is an exaggeration expression. There is no eyes that can be
smoldering so hot that makes the blood in someone’s head rushing. This expression wants to emphasize that the man’s gaze is so intense that it makes
the woman nervous.
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4.2.4 Personification.
