HYPERBOLETHE ART OF

EXAGGERATION!!

DEFINITION: A FIGURE OF SPEECH WHICH IS AN EXAGGERATION & USED TO EMPHASIZE.

I AM SO HUNGRY, I COULD EAT A HORSE

• WHAT DOES THIS IDIOM MEAN LITERALLY? FIGURATIVELY?

LITERALLY: I AM SO HUNGRY, I COULD EAT AN ENTIRE HORSE.

FIGURATIVELY: I AM VERY HUNGRY! I COULD EAT A LOT OF FOOD. I CAN’T WAIT TO EAT.

I HAVE TRIED TO DO THIS MATH PROBLEM A MILLION TIMES!

I HAVE TRIED TO DO THIS MATH PROBLEM A MILLION TIMES!

• LITERALLY: I HAVE TRIED SOLVING THIS PROBLEM A MILLION TIMES.

• FIGURATIVELY: I AM FRUSTRATED BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO SOLVE THIS MATH PROBLEM AND I CAN’T FIGURE OUT THE CORRECT ANSWER.

TWO MORE STERLING EXAMPLES!

THE FARMER IN CHINA IS OLDER THAN THE HILLS.

• WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FIGURATIVELY?

AFTER ZACK TOLD HIS JOKE, MR. H. NEARLY DIED LAUGHING.• WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FIGURATIVELY?

TWO MORE STERLING EXAMPLES!

THE FARMER IN CHINA IS OLDER THAN THE HILLS.

• WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FIGURATIVELY?

• THE FARMER IS EXTREMELY OLD.

AFTER ZACK TOLD HIS JOKE, MR. H. NEARLY DIED LAUGHING.• WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FIGURATIVELY?

• MR. H. FOUND ZACK’S JOKE EXTREMELY FUNNY AND LAUGHED FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME.

TWO EXAMPLES FOR YOU TO COMPLETE

• TAYLOR HAS ______ OF MONEY. • AFTER A LONG DAY AT WORK, JENNA WENT HOME AND COMPLAINED, “MY FEET ARE ________________ ME.”

TWO EXAMPLES FOR YOU TO COMPLETE

• TAYLOR HAS TON OF MONEY

• TAYLOR HAS A BOATLOAD OF MONEY.

• AFTER A LONG DAY AT WORK, JENNA WENT HOME AND COMPLAINED, “MY FEET ARE KILLING ME.”

WITH HYPERBOLES, THINK OF, “YOUR MOMMA” JOKES.

YOUR SISTER WEARS SO MUCH MAKE-UP…

SHE BROKE THE CHISEL TRYING TO GET IT OFF LAST NIGHT.

YOU MAY PICK ON MY MOMMA THIS ONE TIME & ONE TIME ONLY…

MR. H.’S MOMMA IS SO (BIG, UGLY, DUMB) SHE….

ON YOUR WHITEBOARD,

PLEASE WRITE A HYPERBOLE FOR …

BEING

ANGRY!!

ONOMATOPOEIA

•THINK

•SOUNDS!!!

•BOOM! CRASH!!

WHAT IS ONOMATOPOEIA?

NAMING AN ACTION BY THE SOUND IT MAKES.

TELL THE SOUNDS EACH PICTURE MAKES.

PICTURE 1 PICTURE 2 PICTURE 3

TELL THE SOUNDS EACH PICTURE MAKES.

PICTURE 1

SNAP!

PICTURE 2

OINK! OINK!

PICTURE 3

DRIP! DRIP!

ONOMATOPOEIA IN ADVERTISING

•WHAT DOES THE CEREAL SAY WHEN

•YOU ADD MILK TO IT?

SNAP!

CRACKLE!

POP!

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•WHAT DOES IT SAY??

WHAT DOES IT SAY?

PLOP!

PLOP!

FIZZ!

FIZZ

OH, WHAT A RELIEF IT IS!