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Hyperbole is a figure of speech which is an exaggeration, an extreme way of saying something.
Examples:
"I nearly died laughing,"
"I tried a thousand times."
“I have a mountain of homework”
Hyperbole, simile or metaphor? :
Hyperbole, simile or metaphor? A hyperbole is a type of figurative language. It is often confused with a simile or a metaphor because it often compares two objects.
Example: His feet were as big as a barge. It looks like a simile. It is comparing foot size to the size of a barge. Everyone knows that a barge is approximately 700 feet long.
A hyperbole is comparing something “normal” to something really big or extreme
My sister wears so much makeup that… :
My sister wears so much makeup that… "when she takes it off, my mom doesn't recognize her." Ashley, from Knoxville, Tennessee
"she has to use a sandblaster to get it off at night." Margaret "when she smiles, cracks the size of the Grand Canyon form in the surface." Ashley Brosseau
"by the time she gets it all on, it's time to take it off!" Josh W.
"she weighs 50 pounds more when she's done!" Alex
"at night she has to get the paint scraper to take it off." Beth Atkins
"she could pass as a clown at the circus." Adriene T.
"you could scrape off just the outer layer and put it on five other girls." Scott J.
My teacher is so old… :
My teacher is so old… "she showed us a yearbook from 1500 B.C.!" Grant K.
"she can't even remember her own name!" Ashley Morris
"she claims that she invented the question mark!" Jacob Smith
"we looked up the word 'ancient', and there was full definition with her name and a big picture of her smiling..."
My dog is so ugly… :
My dog is so ugly… "we have to pay people to pet it"
"fleas won't even live on him!"
" we have to wait 'till midnight to take him on walks."
"he only has cat friends!"
Hyperbole or not? :
Hyperbole or not? She moves like water.
The man eats so much they had to lock the door when he came to McDonald’s
My tongue is a ship; it goes where it will.
The boy was so happy that his smile broke glass
Mr. Studhalter is so skinny he has to run around in the shower to get wet.
Mr Studhalter is as skinny as a pole.