Paul?Hage? Mr.?Pentecost?? English?1,?Period?6? November?17,?2015? Literature?pg?487?#1?3? 1. In??A?Dog?that?Bit?People?,?a?hyperbole?is?when?the?narrator?states?that?he?has?had?about? 54?dogs?in?his?lifetime.?An?understatement?is?when?the?mother?says?that?the?dog?only?bit? people?once?and?did?not?hold?a?grudge.?In??The?Weather?of?New?England?,?the?narrator? uses?a?hyperbole?when?he?says?that?he?noticed?136?different?types?of?weather?in?a?span?of? 24?hours.?An?understatement?is?when?Twain?says?that?you?go?take?cover?for?an? earthquake?and?then?you?get?struck?by?lightning.?Twain?uses?more?hyperboles?while? Thurber?uses?more?understatements.? 2. In?Thurber?s?story,?he?treats?the?dog?bites?lightly?because?he?states?that?it?was?only?one?