Thesis statement: The Death of Ivan Ilych presents a strong example of realism. Topic: Realism in the death of Ivan IIych. Textual Evidence: Ivan Ilych's life had been most simple and most ordinary and therefore most terrible. Explanation: Thesis statement basically gives the scope, main idea or purpose of the essay.
Hyperbole it's exaggerating it's not metaphor or simile since it's not comparing two things and personification is giving human like qualities to inhuman things and it's not doing that either