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.