HYPERBOLE

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HYPERBOLE!
What is hyperbole Hyperbole is the greatest
most spectacular thing in the history of the
entire world!
(this is actually an example)
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My dad has every baseball card ever.
Hyperbole is exaggeration. It puts a picture into
the readers mind. Example I was so tired you
could have knocked me over with a feather.
Hyperbole is used for emphasis (makes that part
more important) or humorous effect. With
hyperbole an author makes a point by overstating
it.
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Descriptions
Hyperbole makes qualities of people or things
stand out by exaggerating them. Examples The
skin on her face was as thin and drawn as tight
as the skin of an onion. -Flannery OConnor
Parkers Back Shes the funniest girl Ive
ever met.
Create your own example!
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Exaggeration!
Hyperbole can also be used to describe a persons
emotions (feelings). In the following selection
a boy is pulling a man up from a deep hole. It
was not a mere man he was holding but a giant
or a block of granite. The pull was unendurable.
The pain unendurable. James Ramsey Ullman A
Boy and a Man
What makes this hyperbole
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Show me the exaggeration!
There did not seem to be brains enough in the
entire nursery so to speak to bait a fishhook
with. Mark Twain A Connecticut Yankee in King
Arthurs Court People moved slowly then. There
was no hurry for there was nowhere to go
nothing to buy and no money to buy it with
nothing to see outside the boundaries of Maycomb
County. Harper Lee To Kill a Mockingbird
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Hyperbole in poetry
Hyperbole is common in humorous poetry.
Hyperbole can make a point in a light-hearted
way. It can be used to poke fun at someone or
something. For example read this description of
a dull town.   Its a slow burgI spent a couple
of weeks there one day. Carl Sandburg The
People Yes
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Quickest Review EVER!
Hyperbole
-is exaggeration
-is used for emphasis
-is used for humorous effect
-is used in descriptions
-of nouns (people places things)
-of emotions
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Your turn!
Find some hyperbole! Hint If youre reading Tale
of Despereaux look on pages 13 16 34 35 75
77 95 96 104 112 and then keep looking!
Find at least four and be able to explain why
they are hyperbole! Please enjoy the most fun
language arts activity ever!