1. Hyperboles
Is this true?

2. Hyperboles
Is an exaggeration of ideas for the sake of emphasis, often with humour.
Examples
I am so hungry I could eat a horse.
I have a million things to do.
When I was your age I had to walk 15 miles to school in the snow, uphill, both ways.
I had a ton of homework.
If I can’t buy that new game, I will die.

3. Harry Potter
”Mountains of roast and boiled potatoes” (P.203)

4. Hyperboles in Advertising
75% of ads use at least one figure of speech. Examples of hyperboles in advertising include:
“adds amazing luster for infinite, mirror-like shine” (Brilliant Brunette shampoo)
“It doesn't get better than this” (Oscar Meyer)

7. Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would Not Take The Garbage Out
Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout  Would not take the garbage out!  She'd scour the pots and scrape the pans,  Candy the yams and spice the hams,  And though her daddy would scream and shout,  She simply would not take the garbage out.  And so it piled up to the ceilings:  Coffee grounds, potato peelings,  Brown bananas, rotten peas,  Chunks of sour cottage cheese.  It filled the can, it covered the floor,  It cracked the window and blocked the door 

8. Task:
In groups of three (houses) look at your given hyperbole starter.
You will have two minutes to come up with a hyperbole (make sure it is funny and exaggerates)
Each group will read their card aloud
Group: It was SO cold
Class? How cold?
Student: That icicles formed on the tip of my nose

9. There will be a hyperboles question on the test