What does the hyperbole in this text suggest?
[Pinocchio's] tears had dried and only hard, dry sobs shook his wooden frame. But these [sobs] could be heard by the faraway hills . . .
—Carlo Collodi, Pinocchio
Pinocchio's sobs were very loud. Pinocchio's sobs could be heard from several miles away.
Figures of speech are words or phrases that use language in a nonliteral or unusual way. They can make writing more expressive.
Hyperbole is an obvious exaggeration that is not meant to be taken literally.
I ate so much that I think I might explode!
The text uses hyperbole, an obvious exaggeration that is not meant to be taken literally.
The hyperbole could be heard by the faraway hills suggests that Pinocchio's sobs were very loud. It's unlikely that he was sobbing loud enough to be heard from very far away.