Identifying and Using Hyperbole

She was so pretty my eyes popped out!

• Onomatopia

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Hiperbole

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

He was so hideous I got blind!

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

• Allusion

• Oxymoron

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

I was so angry that I kicked an elephant all the way to Mars!

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

• Personification

• Alliteration

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

I am the richest man in the world!

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Wilshane has tons of video games.

• Hyperbolie

• Hyperbali

• Hyperbole

• Hyperboly

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Which term refers to the use of exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally?

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Simile

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Which of the following sentences contains an example of hyperbole?

• The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky.

• I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.

• The leaves whispered in the wind.

• She is as busy as a bee.

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What is hyperbole?

• A type of metaphor

• An exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally

• A form of personification

• A type of simile

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Identify the hyperbole in this sentence: 'I've told you a million times to clean your room!'

• A million times

• Clean your room

• Told you

• I've

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Which sentence is an example of hyperbole?

• He runs faster than the wind.

• She sings like an angel.

• The sun smiled down on us.

• The book was as interesting as watching paint dry.

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A