FUNCTIONS OF HYPERBOLE AS A MEANS OF EMOTIONAL AND STYLISTIC INFLUENCE

This paper explores the role of hyperbole as a linguistic and stylistic device thatenhances the emotional and aesthetic power of language. Hyperbole is widely used in both literarytexts and everyday speech to intensify feelings, emphasize ideas, and create vivid imagery. Inliterature, it helps highlight characters’ emotional states and dramatize events, while in dailyconversation it serves to make expressions more lively and impactful. The study also discusseshow hyperbole enriches the expressive potential of language, emphasizes its poetic nature, andbroadens semantic layers. By presenting ordinary ideas in extraordinary ways, hyperbolecontributes significantly to the artistic and communicative value of speech.