These Exaggerations Are An Example Of This Type Of Figurative Language If They Cannot Actually Be True - Which Is What Makes Them "Extreme". For Instance - In The Example "My Mother Exploded In Anger" - The Mother Did Not Actually Explode - Nor Do People Really Explode From Getting Mad Or Upset. It Cannot Actually Happen - Which Is What Makes It A Hyperbole.

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1. These Exaggerations Are An Example Of This Type Of Figurative Language If They Cannot Actually Be True - Which Is What Makes Them "Extreme". For Instance - In The Example "My Mother Exploded In Anger" - The Mother Did Not Actually Explode - Nor Do People Really Explode From Getting Mad Or Upset. It Cannot Actually Happen - Which Is What Makes It A Hyperbole.