Hyperbole and Oxymoron

Hyperboles are phrases that

• compare two unlike things

• exaggerate

• name sounds

• repeat letter sounds

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

It is so hot outside. I bet it is a thousand degrees!

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• alliteration

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

I'm so hungry I could eat an elephant.

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Which of the following is a hyperbole?

• She is as pretty as a flower.
• She is the prettiest woman in the entire universe.
• She is a beautiful flower.
• She is very pretty.

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

It is going to rain tomorrow.

• simile

• metaphor

• oxymoron

• none

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Look at the sentence. What type of figurative language did they use?
Kae was so bored he was pulling his hair out!

• metaphor
• simile
• alliteration
• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Ethan’s smile is a mile wide.

• Metaphor 
• Simile
• Personification
• Hyperbole

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

An oxymoron is:

• a figure of speech expressing comparison

• an exaggeration

• a play on words where two or more opposite words are joined together

• the same as hyperbole

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CCSS.L.9-10.5A

Which word would create an oxymoron if you added it to the word "jumbo?"

• sweet

• shrimp

• secret

• silence

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CCSS.L.9-10.5A

Which word would create an oxymoron if you added it to the word "icy?"

• hot

• sweet

• shrimp

• grief

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CCSS.L.9-10.5A