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Hyperbole, idioms, and Oxymoron

Hyperbole, idioms, and Oxymoron . 7 th Grade – Mrs. Space. hy·per·bo·le. Show Spelled[ hahy - pur - buh -lee] Show IPA noun Rhetoric . 1. obvious and intentional exaggeration.

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Hyperbole, idioms, and Oxymoron

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  1. Hyperbole, idioms, and Oxymoron 7th Grade – Mrs. Space

  2. hy·per·bo·le • Show Spelled[hahy-pur-buh-lee] Show IPA • noun Rhetoric . 1. obvious and intentional exaggeration. • 2. an extravagant statement or figure of speech not intended to be taken literally, as “to waitaneternity.”

  3. A hyperbole is a type of figurative language. It is often confused with a simile or a metaphor because it often compares two objects. The difference is a hyperbole is an exaggeration.

  4. Activity: • Draw a cartoon about school or your favorite sport that includes a hyperbole (You might draw and exaggerate a humorous situation that you saw or were a part of the action.). Put the hyperbole in a different color so that it is obvious to your teacher.

  5. an exaggeration • “I nearly died laughing“ • "I was hopping mad“ • "I tried a thousand times"

  6. Idiom • noun • 1. an expression whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings of its constituent elements, as kick the bucket  or hang one's head,  or from the general grammatical rules of a language, as the table round  for the round table,  and that is not a constituent of a larger expression of like characteristics. • 2. a language, dialect, or style of speaking peculiar to a people. • 3. a construction or expression of one language whose parts correspond to elements in another language but whose total structure or meaning is not matched in the same way in the second language.

  7. Idioms All Ears All Thumbs Ants in Your Pants Apple of Your Eye Backseat Driver Bed of Roses Better Half Between a Rock and a Hard Place

  8. Bite the Bullet • Cool Your Heels • Cry Over Spilled Milk • Cry Me a River • Caught Red Handed • Chew Someone Out • Chill Out • Chip on Your Shoulder • Bouncing off the Walls • Cold Turkey • Bite the Dust • Bite Your Tongue • Bleeding Heart • Blow Your Own Horn

  9. THIS SHOULD PUT A LAUGH OR SMILE IN YOUR DAY  Oxymoron

  10. 1. Is it good if a vacuum really sucks? 2.  Why is the third hand on the watch called the second hand?3. If a word is misspelled in the dictionary, how would we ever know? 4. If Webster wrote the first dictionary, where did he find the words? 5. Why do we say something is out of whack? What is a whack? 

  11. 6. Why does "slow down" and "slow up" mean the same thing? 7. Why does "fat chance" and "slim chance" mean the same thing? 8. Why do "tug" boats push their barges? 9. Why do we sing "Take me out to the ball game"when we are already there?

  12. 10. Why are they called "stands" when they are made for sitting? 11. Why is it called "after dark" when it really is "after light"? 12.. Doesn't "expecting the unexpected" make the unexpected expected? 13.. Why are a "wise man" and a "wise guy" opposites? 

  13. Acronyms • There is a difference between acronyms and abbreviations. An acronym is usually formed by taking the first initials of a phrase or compounded-word and using those initials to form a word that stands for something.

  14. Examples • NATO, which we pronounce NATOH, is an acronym for North Atlantic Treaty Organization • FBI, then, is not really an acronym for the Federal Bureau of Investigation

  15. similes • A comparison between two seemingly unrelated things, using connecting words such as like, as, or seems in the comparison.

  16. Example • Mind like a floating wide cloud. • His eyes are as blue as the ocean.

  17. metaphor • A comparison that uses no connection words. An extended metaphor carries the comparison throughout an entire work or section of work.

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