Writing Devices-Hyperbole I moved in for the kill.(para.19) I zeroed in on the officer.(para.20) His eyes fell on the page,but his mind was a million miles away. I will love you till the sea had gone dry,the rocks melt with the sun. Writing Devices -Hyperbole I moved in for the kill. (para. 19) I zeroed in on the officer. (para. 20) His eyes fell on the page, but his mind was a million miles away. I will love you till the sea had gone dry, the rocks melt with the sun