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Hyperbole and Alliteration
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Hyperbole
  • Definition- is a figure of speech which is an
    exaggeration.
  • Examples
  • "I nearly died laughing"
  • His feet were as big as a barge.
  • It looks like a simile. But, it is comparing foot
    size to the size of a barge. Everyone knows that
    a barge is approximately 700 feet long. Imagine
    getting a pair of shoes that big!

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Complete the following sentences as hyperboles
  • My sister wears so much makeup.
  • My dog is so ugly.
  • This school is so big.
  • My best friend.

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Your Turn!
  • Create 5 hyperboles in 10 minutes!
  • Be prepared to share them with the class.

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Alliteration
  • Definition-repetition of initial consonant sounds
  • Examples
  • Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
  • Fish again- myriads of minute fish, the length
    of his fingernail, and in a moment he could feel
    the innumerable tiny touches of them against his
    limbs.

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More alliteration examples
  • Under him, six or seven feet down, was a floor
    of perfectly clean, shining white sand, rippled
    firm and hard by the tides. Two grayish shapes
    steered there, like long, rounded pieces of wood
    or slate. They were fish. He saw them nose toward
    each other, poise motionless, make a dart
    forward, swerve off, and come around again. It
    was like a water dance. A few inches above them
    the water sparkled as if sequins were dropping
    through it.

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Underline alliteration in the following sentences
  • Puny puma pit their skills against zebras.
  • 2. Pretty Polly picked pears for preserves.
  • 3. Handsome Harry hired hundreds of hippos for
    Hanukkah.

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Finish the following sentences with alliterative
words
  • 1. Doodling daughters.
  • 2. Prickly pears.
  • 3. Studious students.
  • 4. Tremendous thunderstorms.
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