Hyperbole Practice 7B3D3

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.

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The statement, "I am so hungry, I could eat a camel" is a hyperbole. True or False?

• True

• False

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The statement, "I am so hungry I can eat a slice of cheesecake" is a hyperbole. True or False?

• True

• False

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The statement, "Maha is feeling under the weather today" is a hyperbole. True or False?

• True

• False

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Select the options that would make the following sentence a hyperbole:

I ate wings for dinner. They were really hot!

• I ate wings for dinner. My mouth was on fire!

• I ate wings for dinner. They were so hot that my eyes began to water!

• I couldn't eat the wings, because they were too hot!

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Select the statement that is NOT a hyperbole.

• Bushra's baby sister is smaller than a mustard seed.

• The brick mansion is as grand as the castle in Rabat.

• Mehdi ate a truckload of B'ssara.

• Sylia's personality is larger than life.

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Select the statement that features a hyperbole.

• Mohammed went to Dubai recently.

• Yifei's grandmother is older than the hills.

• Outside was extremely cold.

• Chips and Morrocan tacos are so delicious.

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Select the statement that features a hyperbole.

• Shems and Idriss stayed a few days in a small tent in the Sahara so they could work on a project.

• Rami will be taller than the Burj Khalifa by the time he gets to the 12th grade.

• Kemza was eating a bite-sized candy bar outside the classroom.

• The full moon was extremely beautiful tonight.

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El Ghali said sadly, "I have a million things to do today." What does the hyperbole, 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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Eric said to Theo with excitement, "I am dying to get that video game when it is released!"

What does he really mean?

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