Hyperbole

Hyperboles are phrases that

• compare two unlike things

• exaggerate

• give person-like qualities to animals and things

• have a different meaning than the words.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

I could sleep for an hour.

• Hyperbole

• Not a hyperbole

I am so hungry, I could eat a horse.

• Hyperbole

• Not a Hyperbole

I am so hungry I could eat a slice of pie.

• Hyperbole

• Not a Hyperbole

The automobile is as fast as my pick-up truck.

• Hyperbole

• Not a hypebole

After using Lina's hair shampoo, my hair is as long as the Nile River.

• Not a hyperbole

• Hyperbole

Lisa's mouth is as big as Texas.

• Hyperbole

• Not a hyperbole

My house was hot as 10,000 suns!

• Hyperbole

• Not a hyperbole

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

• Hypebole

• Not a hyperbole

Which of these is a hyperbole?

• The boy was taller then me.

• He had a bite-sized candy bar.

• They lived in a small house.

• The boy was taller than Earth.