Review the passage. The hyperbole is shown in bold.
TRUE!-nervous-very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why will you say
that I am mad? The disease had sharpened my senses-not destroyed-not dulled them.
Above all was the sense of hearing acute. I heard all things in the heaven and in the
earth. How, then, am I mad? Hearken! and observe how healthily-how calmly I can tell
you the whole story.
From Edgar Allan Poe, "The Tell-Tale Heart"
What is the effect of the hyperbole on the passage's meaning or tone?
It produces a feeling of madness.
It suggests that the speaker is wise.
It creates an atmosphere of grandeur.
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