Hyperbole and Personification

What is a hyperbole?

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

• a comparison using like or as.

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

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I am so hungry, I could eat a horse.

• Hyperbole

• Not a Hyperbole

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Which of the following is a hyperbole?

• She is as tough as nails.

• I ran a million miles yesterday.

• She whispered to her neighbor.

• He ran like a cheetah.

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What is personification?

• A word that is a sound

• Giving human characteristics to non-human things

• Comparing two things without using "like" or "as"

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Can you hear the wind whistling through the air?

• Personification

• Hyperbole

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I am bored to death.

• Hyperbole

• Personification

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We've been at school forever!

• Hyperbole

• Personification

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Which of the following is personification?

• The car went a million miles an hour down the street.

• I heard a bird chirping outside.

• She is as pretty as a sunflower.

• The crow laughed, mocking me as I walked away.

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Which of the following is hyperbole?

• I'm so hungry, I could eat a whole pizza.

• That car is as fast as lightning.

• The trees swayed in the summer breeze.

• They are sweet like candy.

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Personification and Hyperbole can also include a simile or metaphor.

• True

• False

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