1. Figurative Language Practice
HYPERBOLE
Figurative Language
Practice

2. HYPERBOLE
Hyperboles are figures of speech that use intentional exaggeration.

3. Hyperboles are descriptive language
Hyperboles are descriptive language. Using a hyperbole is a creative way to describe something.
By exaggerating certain characteristics, hyperboles give the reader a vivid mental picture.

4. He snores louder than a freight train.
No one snores louder than a freight train, but by exaggerating the writer shows us that he snores REALLY loudly.

5. We stood in line so long that grass began to grow on our shoes.
No one stands still long enough to watch grass grow, but this hyperbole shows us that they had waited in line a VERY long time.

6. "I'm so hungry I could eat a whole elephant!
How do you know that this line from 101 Dalmatians is a hyperbole?
What does this hyperbole mean?

7. Here once the embattled farmers stood And fired the shot heard round the world.
Poets often use hyperboles. This one is in the poem “Concord Hymn” by Ralph Waldo Emerson.
What is the hyperbole in this line of poetry?
What does it mean?

8. Complete these hyperboles.
It’s Just a Joke Sometimes hyperboles are used as a joke or to make fun of something or someone by exaggerating certain characteristics. Example: my sister was so afraid of the mouse that she jumped up three flights of stairs at once.
Complete these hyperboles.
My brother is as tall as ___.
My friend walks so fast that she ___.
That new building is so ugly that ___.
That hamster is as fat as ___.
His new song sounds like a ___.

9. Writing hyperboles is so much fun that I could write them 24/7.
Exaggeration
Hyperbole

10. Hyperbole Usually Exaggerates:
Time
Amount
Number
Length
Weight
Distance

11. Try to figure out what makes each of the following hyperbolic.
These new shoes are killing me.
Her house is so big it takes a week to see all the rooms.
The teacher has a mountain of tests to grade.
He runs faster than the speed of light.
It took me light years to finish this project.

12. Certain characteristics
HYPERBOLE
*A figure of speech
*A creative way to
describe something
by exaggerating
Certain characteristics
Intentional
exaggeration