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Hyperbole (/ h aɪ ˈ p ɜːr b əl i / ⓘ; adj. hyperbolic / ˌ h aɪ p ər ˈ b ɒ l ɪ k / ⓘ) is the use of exaggeration as a rhetorical device or figure of speech. In rhetoric , it is also sometimes known as auxesis (literally 'growth').
That book is heavier than the dictionary. I could sleep forever. I have too much on my plate. Check out that mountain of books on my bedside table. The line at the grocery store was like Disney World.
The following is a list of ancient Indian writers, originating from the Indian subcontinent.Many writers contributed to the large body of early Indian literature (here roughly taken to predate the 13th century Delhi Sultanate), consisting of poetry, drama, and writings on religion, philosophy, linguistics, mathematics and many other topics.
[1] It also covers the use of various poetic meters and structural rules for different types of literature, such as epic poetry, drama, and lyrical poetry . The Shastra is considered an important part of Indian literary tradition and is still studied and applied in contemporary Indian literature and poetry.
He reprinted the literature present in the palm leaf form to paper books. [34] Ramaswami Mudaliar, a Tamil scholar first gave him the palm leaves of Cīvaka Cintāmaṇi to study. [ 33 ] Swaminatha Iyer faced difficulties in interpretation, missing leaves, textual errors and unfamiliar terms. [ 33 ]
Ten Novels and Their Authors is a 1954 work of literary criticism by William Somerset Maugham. [1] Maugham collects together what he considers to have been the ten greatest novels and writes about the books and the authors. The ten novels are: The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding (1749) Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (1813)
This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. Novellas are works of prose fiction longer than a short story but shorter than a novel. Several novellas have been recognized as among the best examples of the literary form. Publishers and literary award societies typically consider a ...
[1] The list starts in order with the first ten books: the I Ching (an ancient Chinese divination text), the Hebrew Bible (a version of which serves as the "Old Testament" of the Christian Bible ), the Iliad and Odyssey , the Upanishads (a collection of ancient Indian philosophical texts), the Tao Te Ching , the Avesta , the Analects , the ...