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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 • 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 • 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.
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…?
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.