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Contributor: Danielle Childers. Lesson ID: 10214
Hyperbole is more fun than you can imagine! Once you use it, you will become the most intelligent, interesting writer ever! Learn all there is to know about hyperbole, and that is no exaggeration!
“I am so hungry I could eat a horse!”
I don’t think a horse would taste good, do you?
If you say you could eat a horse, you mean you are really hungry!
When you use an exaggeration to explain something, you are using hyperbole. Hyperbole is a figure of speech in which there is an obvious and deliberate exaggeration.
For example, “Hyperbole is the best thing ever!” Though hyperbole is a wonderful addition to your writing, I doubt you truly believe it is the best thing ever.
You are correct if you guessed it is to show great excitement or add humor!
Watch the video below that presents different clips of hyperbole in Disney movies. Take notes on all of the hyperbole you hear and see.
Explore more about hyperboles with this next video.
When you are done, continue to the Got It? section for the absolute coolest worksheet practice ever!
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