Hyperbole, Hyperbole!

What is a hyperbole?

• A comparison using "like" or "as".

• A statement that gives non-human objects human characteristics.

• An exaggerated statement that is not meant to be taken literally.

• an expressing whose meaning is different from the literal meaning.

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What does the hyperbole, "I have a million things to do today" mean?

• There are a million things to do today.

• There is nothing to do today.

• There is a lot to do tomorrow.

• There is a lot to do today.

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Which of these is a hyperbole?

• They lived in a small cabin in the woods.

• The boy was taller than the Eiffel tower.

• Jackson was eating a bite-sized candy bar.

• The moon is overwhelmingly beautiful tonight.

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What does this statement really mean? "I am dying to see that movie in theatres!"

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Select the statement that features a hyperbole.

• Kaliyah went to Six Flags recently.

• Grandmother is older than the hills.

• Outside was extremely cold.

• Chips and guacamole are so delicious.

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CCSS.L.7.5A

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What does the following hyperbole mean? "It was so cold, I saw polar bears wearing jackets."

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Select the option that makes the following sentence a hyperbole. The chicken noodle soup was really hot with pepper.

• The chicken noodle soup was so hot with pepper that my mouth was on fire.

• The chicken noodle soup was so hot with pepper, my eyes watered.

• The chicken noodle soup was so hot with pepper, but tasted really good.

• The chicken noodle soup was so hot with pepper, I could not eat it.

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CCSS.L.7.5A

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What is the exaggeration in the following sentence called? I am so tired, I can sleep for a year straight.

• hyperbale

• hyperbile

• hyperbole

• hyperbus

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Explain the following hyperbole: It was hotter than ten thousand suns on the boardwalk this summer.

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Explain the following hyperbole: Corey would go to the ends of the earth for his son.

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