Hyperbole Sheet 1 Task 1

Hyperbole - Sheet 1

L.I. Know parts of speech

Know literary devices

Hyperbole - A deliberately used exaggeration that is not meant to be taken seriously.  e.g I’ve got mountains of homework this evening.

Some of the following sentences are examples of hyperbole, but others could be literally true. High light hyperbole pink, and true statements blue.

A. It rained cats and dogs last night.  

B. Our garden is overrun with cats and dogs.

C. The branch snapped off without warning.

D. He snapped my head off.

E. I’ve had millions of interruptions in this classroom today.

F. There are millions of stars in the Milky Way.

G. It took me ages to solve the crossword today.

H. It has taken ages for the Waikato River to carve out its route to the sea.

I. A car skidded off the road, crashed into the building and brought down     the roof.

J. As Charles completed his solo, the applause of the audience brought down the house

Hyperbole

Literal

As you can see this is my Document is based on Hyperbole. In this activity I have been learning how to know each parts of Speech. Also knowing literary devices. I have been enjoying this activity because it helps me in writing, it helps me learn more things about Hyperbole.