Hyperbole, understatement and usage

I am so hungry I could eat a horse!

This sentence is an example of _____________.

The final exam was easy as  ABC!

Identify the figure of speech.

• Simile 
• Hyperbole
• Alliteration
• Metaphor

Hyperboles are phrases that ___________.

• compare two unlike things

• create an exaggeration

• give person-like qualities to animals and things

• have a different meaning than the words

After using Lina's hair shampoo, my hair is as long as the Nile River.

Is this an example of hyperbole?

• Yes

• No

I would swim a thousand seas to get to my son.

What figure of speech is the speaker using?

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

Match the phrases to create hyperbolic sentences:

• in a second

• She's told you

• a mile a minute

• She said she would be back

• a million times

• She weighs

• a ton

• She talks

You'e got a smile that can light up this whole town.

Is the sentence hyperbolic?

• Yes

• No

Select the right options to create a hyperbolic sentence:

Ethan’s smile is a ​ (a)   ​ (b)   .

• long
• road
• mile
• wide

Kari is so fat her hands are in different time zones.

Is this hyperbole?

• Yes

• No

Look at the sentence. What type of figurative language is being used?
Kae was so bored he was pulling his hair out!

• metaphor
• simile
• alliteration
• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A