Imagery, Hyperbole, Adages, Proverbs

What is imagery?

• a joke

• the use of language appealing to one or more of the five senses

• exaggeration

• something made up

The crickets chirped quietly as darkness fell upon the pond, casting a soft glow of the moon's reflection upon the still water. This is an example of _____________.

• alliteration

• imagery

• personification

• hyperbole

How does imagery help us understand a story?

• by telling the mooB

• Imagery helps us to see, touch, taste, smell and feel what the characters feel and see.

• It doesn't.

• By expressing how the author is feeling.

What sense does this imagery appeal to?

The thunder clapped loudly, shaking the house.

• Touch

• Taste

• Sight

• Sound

Hyperbole is a sentence or phrase that ___________.

• gives human qualities to an object

• exaggerates

• compares two unlike things using "like" or "as"

• compares two unlike things without using "like" or "as"

Which is an example of hyperbole?

• I love water!

• I drank a lot of water.

• I had an ocean of water to drink!

• Chad drinks more than anyone.

"I've told you not to do that a million times!" is an example of ___________.

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

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

• There is a lot to do today.

• There is a lot to do tomorrow.

• There is nothing to do today.

• There are one million things to do today.

What is an adage?

• An old familiar saying that expresses wisdom.

• A saying that doesn't mean what it says.

What is a proverb?

• A short sentence that gives advice

• An old thought