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Author's use colorful exaggerations to add interest to a story. ... The queen's dress is red as a cardinal. I was angry. I was angry as an old wet hen. ... – PowerPoint PPT presentation

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Title: Hyperboles


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Hyperboles
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Definition
  • A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used
    for emphasis or effect, as in I could sleep for a
    year or This book weighs a ton.

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Introduction
  • Authors use colorful exaggerations to add
    interest to a story.
  • Im so hungry I could eat a horse!
  • is much more interesting than Im hungry.

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  • Getting a shot in my arm stung.
  • Getting a shot in my arm stung like a bee.

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  • These books are heavy.
  • These books are heavy as lead.

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  • The queens dress is red.
  • The queens dress is red as a cardinal.

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  • I was angry.
  • I was angry as an old wet hen.

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  • It rained hard.
  • It rained cats and dogs.

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Activity Rewrite these sentences with a more
interesting hyperbole.
  • The music was loud.
  • The garden is pretty.
  • The tired man snored loudly.
  • The flowers grew quickly.
  • I ate so much lunch my tummy is full.
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