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1Rachelle sprinkled about a thousand chocolate chips over the top of her bowl of ice cream. The figure of speech in this sentence is

2Words used exaggerate to emphasize a point or make something sound much more dramatic

3That plane ride took forever!

4Gross over-exaggeration for emphasis/effectExample sentence: I've said that a million times.

5Choose the Correct Option- "She has been at the shop for an eternity"

6"You could have knocked me over with a feather" is an example of .....

7What type of figurative language is being used? I thought those people would lock me up and throw away the key.

8Cause even the stars they burn some even fall to the earth.

9Choose the word that best fits this definition:Overstates how well something works or how important it is.

10One bad interview doesn't mean you're struggling to get the job. Don't ..... a mountain of a molehill.

11What does "hyperbole" mean in the context of literary devices?

12G. Click the best figure of speech used in the sentence.I am so hungry I can eat a mountain.

13The lit term that refers to an obvious exaggeration, like "I'm so hungry I could eat a horse."

14"My brother is going to kill me when he finds out I broke his phone!"This is a(n) .....

15Identify the figure of speech shown in the sentence."I'd move mountains for her."

16Enrique did not take Marisol seriously when she told him she was going to bed to sleep for a week; she was prone to .....?

17What word MOST NEARLY means: deliberate exaggeration for effect?

18Name the figurative language: "he was so strong, he could chop the tree down with one swing of an axe."

19A type of figurative language that involves extreme exaggeration

20I must have cried a river after I broke up with my boyfriend!

21Identify the figure of speech used in the statement.I am 20 feet tall this month.

22Extreme exaggeration of the truth

23Identify the following type of figurative language.*The use of exaggeration to make a point

24Which figurative language device is used in the sentence?His backpack weighed a ton, and he trudged through the hallway as if he were carrying the weight of the world on his shoulders.

25In the statement "I have a million things to do today", what figure of speech is used?

26I have a billion homework assignments to do; I'll never be able to leave my room.

27A story says, "He ran faster than the wind." What type of figurative language is this?

28A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express a strong emotion or create a statement is a .....

29We have a ton of work to do!

30Arable's desk is covered with about a million old papers and magazines.

31A figure of speech that exaggerates reality is called

32This is a figure of speech that uses exaggerated statements to emphasize an idea.

33I hate sleeping at my grandparents' house because my grandpa snores louder than a freight train. It's impossible to ignore his snoring, and the whole neighborhood can hear him! What type of figurative language is used in the paragraph?

34What literary device is predominantly used in 'The Incredible Shrinking Potion'?

35A figure of speech that uses an incredible exaggeration or overstatement, for effect. "If I told you once, I've told you a million times ..... "

36A figure of speech you use when you want to exaggerate what you mean or emphasize a point.

37Your beauty blinds me.

38Nonliteral Locutionary Act:

39Figurative language: I'm so hungry I can eat horse!

40What figure of speech is used in the sentence below:"I can eat a whole cow!"

41I've told you a thousand times to put quotation marks around a poem's title!This is an example of what type of figurative language?

42Extravagant exaggeration used to heighten effect and make a point. (Example: I love the whole world.)

43Which statement would be a hyperbole?

44How does "hyperbole" function as a literary technique?

45G. Click the correct answer.What is the figure of speech called when something is over-exaggerated, not meant to be taken literally?

46Provide an example of hyperbole.

47"There was never man so notoriously abused" functions as what narrative acknowledgment?

48POETIC DEVICE: "Go on just, cry me a river."

49Identify the figurative language used in this line, I walked a million miles just to watch BTS concert in L.A.

50Raven screamed her lungs out at the ballgame.

51Which figurative language is this example?Alexander Zass, Angus MacAskill, and John Hiltum were more powerful than steam engines!

52The drive to Disney World will last forever if I have to be stuck in the backseat with my pesky little sister.

53Example-Hyperbole means extreme exaggeration. I found it was easier to say this, than use it in my speech.

54A tall tale is an exaggerated story told about what a person has accomplished?

55She made up the most ludicrous story about how a UFO visited her house the night before and flew off with her homework and she expects me to believe her.

56I HAVE A TON OF PAPERWORK TO DO BEFORE I CAN ENJOY THE SUN THIS SUMMER.

57Identify the figurative language:The track stretched on forever.

58My sister uses so much makeup that she broke the chisel trying to get it off last night.

59"I have so much homework I need a pickup truck to carry my books home"

60"My parents are gonna kill me when they find out" is an example of

61Which type of figurative language is being used?I've heard that story a million times.