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Hyperbole

Hyperbole. Hyperbole. Extreme Exaggeration Examples: “My parents will kill me if I don’t get good grades!” “My teacher is as old as dirt.” “I am as hungry as a horse.” “I tried a million times, but I just can’t ride a bike without training wheels!” “I nearly died laughing.”. Hyperbole.

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Hyperbole

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  1. Hyperbole

  2. Hyperbole • Extreme Exaggeration • Examples: “My parents will kill me if I don’t get good grades!” “My teacher is as old as dirt.” “I am as hungry as a horse.” “I tried a million times, but I just can’t ride a bike without training wheels!” “I nearly died laughing.”

  3. Hyperbole • I had to wait an eternity before the doctor saw me! • I’d give my entire fortune for a taste of that delicious chocolate. • I think of you a million times a day. • Our library is so old, the page numbers in the books are numbered with Roman numerals.

  4. More Fun with Hyperboles My teacher is so old… she is pictured in a yearbook from 500 BC. she is mentioned in the Old Testament. she knows how to speak cave-man language. Other examples…?

  5. And yet more fun with hyperboles My dog is so ugly… we have to pay people to pet it. fleas won’t even live on him. My sister wears so much make-up… she broke a chisel trying to scrape it off last night. she weighs 50 pounds more when she’s done. she could pass as a clown at the circus.

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