Hyperbole Practice

Hyperboles are phrases that

• compare two unlike things

• exaggerate

• give person-like qualities to animals and things

• have a different meaning than the words.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

I could sleep for an hour.

• Hyperbole

• Not a hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

I am so hungry, I could eat a horse.

• Hyperbole

• Not a Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

I am so hungry I could eat a slice of pie.

• Hyperbole

• Not a Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What is the hyperbole in Grenade by Bruno Mars?

Easy come, easy go, that’s just how you live, oh

Take, take, take it all, but you never give

Shoulda known you was trouble from the first kiss

Had your eyes wide open; why were they open? (Ooh)

Gave you all I had and you tossed it in the trash

You tossed it in the trash, you did

To give me all your love is all I ever ask

‘Cause what you don’t understand is

• Gave you all I had and you tossed it in the trash

  You tossed it in the trash, you did

• Easy come, easy go, that’s just how you live, oh

• To give me all your love is all I ever ask

  ‘Cause what you don’t understand is

• Shoulda known you was trouble from the first kiss

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.5

What is the hyperbole in Taylor Swift's You Belong With Me?

And you've got a smile that could light up this whole town

I haven't seen it in a while since she brought you down

You say you're fine

I know you better then that

Hey what you doing with a girl like that

She wears high heels

I wear sneakers

She's cheer captain and I'm on the bleachers

Dreaming about the day when you wake up

And find that what what you're looking for has been here the whole time

• She wears high heels

  I wear sneakers

• And you've got a smile that could light up this whole town

• Dreaming about the day when you wake up

  And find that what what you're looking for has been here the whole time

• You say you're fine

  I know you better then that

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A