Hyperbole

You make a mountain out of a molehill…

Hyperbolehyperbole

– a type of figurative language. (WHAT IS FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE?)

– is often confused with a simile or a metaphor because it often compares two objects.

– The difference is a hyperbole is an exaggeration!

• For example:

His feet were bigger than a barge. What is being compared?

• Since a barge is approximately 700 feet long, this statement is an exaggeration.

• Imagine getting a pair of shoes that big!

A HYPERBOLE WILL STATE-ER + THAN

…happier than; …greater than; …smaller than; …uglier than

Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would Not Take The Garbage Out by Shel Silverstein

Sarah Cynthia Sylvia StoutWould not take the garbage out!

She’d scour the pots and scrape the pans,Candy the yams and spice the hams,

And though her daddy would scream and shout,She simply would not take the garbage out.

And so it piled up to the ceilings:Coffee grounds, potato peelings,

Brown bananas, rotten peas,Chunks of sour cottage cheese.

It filled the can, it covered the floor,It cracked the window, it blocked the door

With bacon rinds and chicken bones, Drippy ends of ice cream cones,

Prune pits, peach pits, orange peel,Gloppy glumps of cold oatmeal,

Pizza crests and withered greens,Soggy beans and tangerines,

Crusts of black burned buttered toast,Gristly bits of beefy roasts. . .

The garbage rolled down the hall, It raised the roof, it broke the wall. . .

Greasy napkins, cookie crumbs, (CONTINUES)

FIND THE

HYPERBOLES

JargonDefinition: The specialized or technical language of a

trade, profession, or similar group.

Examples: Doctors would use Medical Jargon. The words such as conjunctivitis, rhinoplasty, and cornea would be used by a doctor, and usually ONLY a doctor would know what the words mean.

OTHER SAMPLESCOMPUTER JARGON: Mouse, Keyboard, TowerBASKETBALL JARGON: Court, Screen, GuardLAW JARGON: Jurisdiction, Plaintiff, Jury