Literary Term For Exaggeration. Everybody exaggerates in different ways and for different reasons. Included below is a list of literary terms that can help you interpret, critique, and respond to a variety of different written works.

In literature, exaggeration happens for much the same reason you might choose to exaggerate in a conversation. There are a few different types of exaggeration that is used in literature. Exaggeration is any statement that creates a worse, or better, image or situation than it really is.