Hyperbole and usage

Hyperbole and usage

11th - 12th Grade

20 Qs

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Hyperbole and usage

Hyperbole and usage

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English

11th - 12th Grade

Hard

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Is the sentence an example of a hyperbole?

The water was so cold that I almost froze to death.

Yes

No

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a figure of speech that uses exaggeration for emphasis or dramatic effect?

hyperbole

understatement

irony

metaphor

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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.

an expressing whose meaning is different from the literal meaning.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which figurative language is an exaggeration that cannot be true?

metaphor

simile

hyperbole

personification

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

An extreme exaggeration used for effect
metaphor
personification
hyperbole
simile

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Paige is the coolest, most awesome person in the entire universe.

Simile

Metaphor

Hyperbole

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

an extreme exaggeration 
alliteration 
oxymoron 
hyperbole 
pun

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