In his essay, David Sedaris uses hyperbole and irony as literary devices to enhance the humor and highlight the craziness of his experiences learning French. One example of hyperbole is when Davis states, “I am now twice as frightened as I was when, at the age of twenty, I allowed a failed nursing student to inject me with a horse tranquilizer.” This is hyperbole because he is saying that he is more frightened to go to school than when he got injected with a literal horse tranquilizer. The side effects of horse tranquilizer are crazy and making that seem less frightening than going to school is exaggerated to improve the audience’s understanding of what he is going through.Another use of hyperbole is actually a mix of irony and hyperbole:”“Every