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WorksheetsUnit 4 Lesson 1: Hyperbole or Understatement?
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
The rain pours, pours endlessly.
hyperbole
understatement
She gave birth to me, raised me and provided for me from an infant… Maybe I owe her one.
hyperbole
understatement
It wasn't too neighborly when he poisoned my poodle.
hyperbole
understatement
He was tired of life and too tired to die.
hyperbole
understatement
Jeb figured that wrestling the grizzly bear would be a tad bit risky, so he went back the way he came.
hyperbole
understatement
When I die shatter the sky with trumpets above my grave.
hyperbole
understatement
There came a summer day that was entirely for me.
hyperbole
understatement
My dog is big, so big indeed, when he drinks what he needs, the rivers of the Earth recede.
hyperbole
understatement
The elderly woman who was thrown from the train was having a rough morning.
hyperbole
understatement
A billion balloons congratulating the graduates graduating, "We're glad you made it."
hyperbole
understatement
My teacher assigned a thick homework packet, two book reports, and a 10-page research project, so I guess that I'm going to be a little busy this weekend.
hyperbole
understatement
The next closest star to the Earth is a mere 4.22 light-years away.
hyperbole
understatement
Cool, quiet, green stars. I will tear them out of the sky and squeeze them over an old silver cup for you.
hyperbole
understatement
Kidnapping the bride at her wedding was a slight of breach of decorum.
hyperbole
understatement
Let's just say that our son was not pleased to find his new Gamebox 4000 at the bottom of the swimming pool.
hyperbole
understatement
