HyperboleHyperbole I’m so hungry I could eat a

horse! Does anyone have something I could eat?

Could I literally eat an entire horse?

Why would I say that then?

Hyperbole

Exaggerate a statement for effect

Reasons to use Hyperbole

Funny Get readers attention Exaggerate

More Examples

My backpack weighs a ton. It took forever to get to the beach. I slept for 1,000 years. That dog is so ugly, it fell off the ugly tree

and hit every branch.

“Sarah Cynthia Stout Would Not Take the Garbage Out”

How does Silverstein use hyperbole to get the theme across to his readers?

Examples of hyperbole What is the theme? How does hyperbole make the message clear? What other types of language does this poem

use? Simile? Metaphor? Onomatopoeia? Alliteration? Personification?

Review- Descriptive Language

Simile-Comparison using like or asMetaphor-Comparison not using like/as Onomatopoeia-Zap, Zing, Thud, Shhhh Alliteration-Live, Laugh, Love Personification-Giving an inanimate

object human characteristics Hyperbole-Exaggeration

Hyperbole

What are some examples of hyperbole you can think of?

Write your own hyperbole.

Smell Activity

What does it smell like? What does it remind you of? Where is it? Who is there? When is this? Why are you there? How did you get there?