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Hyperbole and usage

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English

11th - 12th Grade

CCSS covered

Hyperbole and usage
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

nice and soft

really hard

delicious

fluffy

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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"

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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

hyperbole
simile
alliteration
metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Hyperboles are phrases that

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

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 sec • 1 pt

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

Hyperbole

Irony

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

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