Understanding Hyperboles

What is a hyperbole?

• A type of metaphor

• An exaggeration of speech

• A literal statement

• A form of irony

In the sentence 'She almost died laughing at the joke,' which part is the hyperbole?

• The joke

• Laughing at the joke

• She almost died

• She laughed

What is the purpose of the buckets in the activity?

• To serve as decoration

• To hold different colors

• To store different types of jokes

• To contain sentences with hyperboles

In the sentence 'He was so hungry that he could eat an elephant,' what is exaggerated?

• He was tired

• He was hungry

• He could eat

• An elephant

Which part of 'I'm so tired I could sleep for a year' is the hyperbole?

• I could rest

• For a year

• I could sleep

• I'm so tired

In 'The phone rang forever before someone answered it,' what is the exaggeration?

• The phone rang

• Someone answered

• Forever

• The phone was loud

What is exaggerated in 'The line to get into the movie was so long that it stretched from here to Mars'?

• The line was long

• It stretched from here

• The movie was popular

• To Mars

In 'There were a million questions on the test,' which part is the hyperbole?

• There were questions

• A million

• The test was hard

• On the test

Which part of 'The music was so loud at the concert that we couldn't hear anything for weeks afterward' is exaggerated?

• Couldn't hear anything

• At the concert

• For weeks afterward

• The music was loud

In 'The speech was so long that I grew an inch,' what is the hyperbole?

• The speech was long

• I grew

• An inch

• The speech was boring