Hyperbole and usage

 The cookies were so overcooked that they were as hard as rocks.

• nice and soft

• really hard

• delicious

• fluffy

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Hyperbole

• An extreme exaggeration

• Giving nonhuman things the qualities of a human

• The repetition of vowel sounds

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

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I was so tired after school, I slept for a month! 

• hyperbole
• simile
• alliteration
• metaphor

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Hyperboles are phrases that

• compare two unlike things
• exaggerate
• give person-like qualities to animals and things
• have a different meaning than the words.

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Which of these is hyperbole?

• My grandparents are old.

• My grandparents are really old.

• My grandparent are older than the oceans.

• My grandparents are older than yours.

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I ate so much on Thanksgiving, I weigh more than a whale.

• Hyperbole

• Irony

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What is Hyperbole?

• the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named

• exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally

• a euphemistic figure of speech that intentionally understates something or implies that it is lesser in significance or size than it really is

• a figure of speech, in which an object or circumstance from unrelated context is referred to covertly or indirectly

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I’ve been to Disneyland a million times.

• alliteration

• simile

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• onomatopeia

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Which of the following is an example of hyperbole in literature? A) 'I've told you a million times' B) 'The book was okay' C) 'He runs fast' D) 'She is pretty'

• A

• B

• C

• D

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Hyperboles are phrases that

• compare two unlike things

• exaggerate

• give person-like qualities to animals and things

• have a different meaning than the words.

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A