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HyperboleSet 2

1Example-A billion bikers can't be wrong.

2What type of figurative language is used in this sentence?I am about to freeze to death in this classroom!

3Our right of thought ..... our last and only place of refuge.

4Identify the figure of speech: "I shall forgive you when the pigs can fly" .

5Obvious exaggeration used to emphasize a point or add excitement and humor to a poem or story.

6Read the following lines to determine which technique (form of figurative language) is being used.This has got to be the easiest exam ever.

7Section 2: Identifying Figures of Speech. For each sentence or phrase, identify the figure of speech being used: I have a ton of homework to do tonight.

8Identify the figure of speech used in the statement.I am so hungry that I could eat a whole cow.

9Arable's desk is covered with about a million old papers and magazines. The figure of speech in the above sentence is

10Identify the rhetorical device used in the following sentence: She's older than dirt.

11"These high heels are killing me" is an example of what kind of rhetorical device?

12Paul Bunyan was so strong he could chop down 50 trees with one swing of his ax.

13What is the meaning of this figurative language?"I have loved you for a thousand years ..... And I'll love you for a thousand more."

14Identify the type of figurative language being used in the sentence. After she left, the sun never shone again.

15"I've told you a million times." Which figurative language technique is used in this statement?

16..... is a deliberate exaggeration.

17Which of the sentences below best define exaggeration?

18This is extreme exaggeration

19A deliberate exaggeration of a person, thing, quality, or event to emphasize a point.

20Literal or Figurative ..... I've told you a million times to clean your room.

21Identify the figurative language used in the sentence: "The shy student was invisible in class."

22Select the rhetorical device that matches the quote:"We have been reduced to a state of cowardly helplessness."

23Using exaggeration to create meaning

24Identify the type of figurative language this represents. I have a million things to do today.

25Choose the type of figurative language used in the following sentence:We had to wait forever!

26This is an intentional exaggeration for emphasis or humor.. ex. I am starving, I am burning up without an air conditioner

27I waited forever on the doctor to come in the room!

28Which type of figurative language is it? "My feet are killing me!"

29Which figure of speech exaggerates or overstates something for emphasis?

30What type of figurative language is the following?These books weigh a ton!

31FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE SKILLS:Define hyperbole.

32Identify the figure of speech used in the statement.She cried a river.

33Identify the type of figurative language this represents. There are a million reasons why this is a bad idea!

34The boy was dying to get a new school bag.

35Which of these titles best uses power words and a promise of big results?

36California girls, We're unforgettable, Daisy Dukes, Bikinis on top, Sun-kissed skin so hot, We'll melt your popsicle.-Katy Perry, "California Gurls"

37Identify the figurative language: I am so cold I am about to freeze to death!

38Yo mama! jokes are an example of .....

39The walk was a million miles long!

40The line went on for miles.

41This is an example of what type of figurative language: I told you a million times, don't lose your pencil!

42Identify hyperbole: "I have told you a million times."

43Read the sentence. Which type of figurative language is it?The wrinkles in the old man's face appeared deep enough for hills and mountains to hide.

44An exaggeration used to emphasize a point. It is used to make a point strongly, to draw the reader's attention back to the writer or to demonstrate the difference between two things.

45Identify the rhetorical device used in the following sentence: I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.

46Adam came home and said "My backpack weighs a ton!" Adam is

47Which literary device is used in the following line?"He's running faster than the wind"

48Literal or Figurative ..... I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.

49I'm happy and feel like that I'm in the top of the world.The figurative language found in the sentence above is .....

50What figurative language is used in this sentence?"The boy left behind a stench of sweat so powerful that it could burn your nostrils"

51This question is like a million times easier.

52LITERARY ELEMENTS / TECHNIQUES:Pete Alonzo hit a mile-long home run last night!The words above are an example of .....

53"Cause you know I'd walkA thousand milesIf I could just see you Tonight""A Thousand Miles"by Vanessa Carlton

54"What shall I swear by? I'd rather die than live without your love. " What literary device is used?

55I'm so hungry I could eat a house. *Choose the correct figure of speech.

56Identify the figure of speech in the following sentence:I am so hungry I can eat a mountain.

57Which figurative language is this example?She was so smart, her brain was the size of a watermelon.

58What type of figurative language is being used?I'm about ten times smarter than everyone on my class.

59What type of figure of speech that used exaggerated statement to heighten effect?

60An extreme exaggeration is called

61Elijah said, "I'm so hungry I could eat a horse!" What figure of speech is he using?