HyperboleAn exaggeration to

prove a point

Find the hyperbole:I Swear I Only Napped a Minute

Eyes fluttered shut

Drool formed a pool

The nap was only to last a minute

The sun set

Winters came and went

The nap was only to last a minute

Wrinkles formed

Young men grew white beards

The nap may have lasted more than a minute

Find the hyperbole:

"Speed Adjustments" by John Ciardi

Why does a boy who’s fast as a jet

Take all day—and sometimes two—

To get to school?

Find the hyperbole:

From "The Concord Hymn" by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Here once the embattled farmers stood

And fired the shot heard round the world.

Find the hyperbole:“There did not seem to be brains enough in

the entire room, so to speak, to bait a fishhook with.”—Mark Twain, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

“People moved slowly then. There was no hurry, for there was nowhere to go, nothing to buy and no money to buy it with, nothing to see outside the boundaries of Maycomb County.”—Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

What does it mean?

“His face was worn, eroded by years of hard work, deep wrinkled canyons carved into his features, laugh lines so deep a small child might get lost in them.”

Yo Mama jokes…Yo Teacher JokesYo teacher is so old…when she was in school

there was no history!Yo teacher is so old…I told her to act her own

age, and she died!Yo teacher is so stupid…she tried to put

M&M’s in alphabetical order!Yo teacher is so stupid…she tripped over a

cordless phone!Yo teacher is so stupid…she took a ruler to

bed to see how long she slept!

Yo Mama jokes…Yo Teacher JokesYo teacher is so stupid…she took a spoon to

the Super Bowl!Yo teacher is so stupid…it took her 2 hours to

watch “60 Minutes.”Yo teacher is so ugly…we had to tie a steak

around her neck so the dogs would play with her!

Yo teacher is so ugly…she put the Boogie Man out of business!

Yo teacher is so ugly…instead of around the ankles, they put the bungee cord around her neck!

Is it hyperbole?

Tell which of the following are true hyperboles. 1. That movie scared me to death! Yes2. I am really hungry! No3. I am starving to death! Yes (not true here at WMS).4. I could sleep for 100 years! Yes5. The car drove by us going too fast! No6. The car drove by us like a rocket! Yes7. I am so cold, I am turning into an icicle!Yes