Hyperbole and usage

Is the sentence an example of a hyperbole?

The water was so cold that I almost froze to death.

• Yes

• No

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What is a figure of speech that uses exaggeration for emphasis or dramatic effect?

• hyperbole

• understatement

• irony

• metaphor

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What is a hyperbole?

• A comparison using "like" or "as".

• A statement that gives non-human objects human characteristics.

• An exaggerated statement that is not meant to be taken literally.

• an expressing whose meaning is different from the literal meaning.

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Which figurative language is an exaggeration that cannot be true?

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

• personification

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

An extreme exaggeration used for effect

• metaphor
• personification
• hyperbole
• simile

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Paige is the coolest, most awesome person in the entire universe.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

an extreme exaggeration 

• alliteration 
• oxymoron 
• hyperbole 
• pun

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

An extreme exaggeration is a ...

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Outrageous exaggeration made to emphasize a point.

• hyperbole

• simile

• oxymoron

• pun

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Outrageous exaggeration made to emphasize a point.

• hyperbole

• simile

• personification

• metaphor

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A