Hyperbole and usage

The statement, "Rayne's sports car is faster than Aniyah's truck" is a hyperbole. True or False?

• True

• False

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What's the meaning of this hyperbole?
"Shawn would move mountains for Angela."

• Shawn and Angela like to climb mountains together.
• Shawn paints pictures of mountain scenes.
• Shawn would do anything for Angela.
• Angela is really pretty. 

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The joke was so funny that she nearly died of laughter.

- What does this mean?

• she almost died

• she laughed a lot

• she died after laughing so much

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Define hyperbole

• An overused phrase

• A comparison of two unlike things using like or as

• A comparison of two unlike things without using like or as

• An over exaggeration

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An exaggeration for dramatic effect.

• metaphor

• simile

• allusion

• hyperbole

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What type of figurative language describes an extreme exxageration?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Oxymoron

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Thumbelina's memory was so sharp that her brain was used as a computer database.

• Hyperbole

• Litotes

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"And when you smile, the whole world stops and stares for a while."

• hyperbole

• simile

• idiom

• pun

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Uses extreme exaggeration.

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

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Hyperboles are phrases that

• compare two unlike things

• exaggerate

• give person-like qualities to animals and things

• have a different meaning than the words.

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