Hyperbole and Personification Review

I am so hungry I could eat a horse!

• Hyperbole

• Hyperbolie

• Hyperbale

• Hyperboly

The final exam was easy as  ABC!

• Simile 

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

Hyperboles are phrases that

• compare two unlike things

• exaggerate

• 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.

• Not a hyperbole

• Hyperbole

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

• Hypebole

• Not a hyperbole

Akierra said she would be back in a second.

• Hyperbole

• Not a Hyperbole

Mrs. Boggs is always working!

• Hyperbole

• Not a Hyperbole

Which of the following sentences is an example of hyperbole?

• The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky.

• I'm so tired I could sleep for a year.

• The leaves whispered in the wind.

• The sun smiled down on us.

Identify the sentence that uses personification.

• The wind howled in the night.

• She is as busy as a bee.

• He runs faster than the wind.

• The cake was a mile high.

What is the main purpose of using hyperbole in writing?

• To create a realistic image

• To express strong emotion

• To provide factual information

• To confuse the reader