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HyperboleSet 4

1Identify the Figure of Speech from the following lines: ..... My radiance rare and fathomless, When I returned from Lyonnesse

2A story with unbelievable elements, related as if were true and factual

3Ms. Taylor has a truckload of paperwork to do before she can go home.

4Name the rhetorical device."I'll love you, dear, I'll love you till China and Africa meet, And the river jumps over the mountainAnd the salmon sing in the street, I'll love you till the oceanIs folded and hung up to dryAnd the seven stars go squawkingLike geese about the sky."

5Identify the type of figurative language used in the sentence."For the first time in forever, there'll be music, there'll be light."

6Figurative Language-Simile, Metaphor, Onomatopoeia, Alliteration, Personification, Hyperbole, Idiom-Which is it?The teacher has told you a million times to sit down and complete your assignments.

7Identify the figure of speech in the following statement.James was crushed by the death of Kris.

8Identify the rhetorical device: "I've told you a million times to clean your room!"

9Liam and Mia are writing stories in class. Liam uses phrases like "I could eat a mountain of ice cream!" and "My backpack weighs a ton!" What is the main purpose of using hyperbole in writing?

10In poetry, what is a figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect?

11Identify the figure of speech shown in the sentence."She never has anything interesting to say."

12Identify the type of figurative language: The spectre's voice disturbed the very marrow of his bones.

13This type of story includes hyperbole and a character larger than life.

14An extreme exaggeration used for emphasis in poems and stories.

15What figurative language is shown?He was so tired he could have slept for a thousand years.

16Which literary device is used in the lines 'Ten thousand saw I at a glance, / Tossing their heads in sprightly dance' (taken from Daffodils by William Wordsworth)?

17'Hyperbole' is a figure of speech that involves:

18Read the sentence: 'The new video game cost an arm and a leg.' Is this statement literal or figurative?

19An over exaggeration is known as .....

20What type of figurative language is this sentence: Mrs. Johnson has been our school's librarian since the stone age.

21A story about a person who is bigger than someone could really be in real life. These stories involve a lot of exaggeration.

22A figure of speech and literary device that creates heightened effect through deliberate exaggeration.

23A figurative exaggeration or overstatement is called .....

24Jonathon Swift uses this strategy of satire in his essay "A Modest Proposal" when he takes his solution to poverty and hunger to its very extremes.

25Direction: Identify whether the statement is FANTASY or REALITY.My mother had many hands because she can do many things all at the same time.

26FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE SKILLS:When the pitcher finished nine innings, he was hungry enough to eat a horse.

27Which figurative language term is "to make an extreme exaggeration such as the following:I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse!"

28A humorous story with extreme exaggeration, too far fetched to be true; American folktales

29What is the primary purpose of using hyperbole in literature?(Literary Device)

30Part II: Figures of Speech- "I have a million things to do today" is an example of:

31Jane almost died laughing at the joke.

32What is this sentence saying?It was so cold outside, I saw polar bears wearing jackets!

33Select the best option.Noun is to 'part of speech' as hyperbole is to ' ..... of speech'.

34What technique is this an example of;"Colgate removes 99.9% of plaque"

35Identify the literary device in the following sentence: "He was so hungry he could eat a horse."

36What is the following an example of ..... "You've got a smile that could light up this whole town."

37"I could eat a horse." Is an example of what kind of literary device?

38There are million reaosns why this is a baad idea!

39"I had a tonne of homework last night" This is an example of which persuasive technique?

40GRAMMAR SECTIONChoose the alternative which best expresses FIGURES OF SPEECH.Her brain is the size of a pea.

41What is the Literary Device?An intentional exaggeration or an exaggerated statement that isn't meant to be taken literally.

42What type of story is Paul Bunyan?

43"The only place where democracy comes before work is in the dictionary." ..... Ralph Nader

44What is the figurative device that is an extreme exaggeration?

45"I have a million things to do today," complained Mrs. Gilbert as she loaded the twins into the car.

46The representation of something as greater than is actually the case andis used to grab the attention of the audience and emphasize certain points.

47An example of a hyperbole is .....

48What technique is this:Failing to recycle is the worst crime you can commit.

49If an agent tells a potential buyer, "This is the best house in the neighborhood," it is an example of:

50Characteristics of a Tall Tale are all except

51Choose the best term to represent, "there will be a small additional penalty of six million years"

52They'd put a price on a dead rat if they thought it would sell

53I so loved reading I was willing to walk 15 miles to the library in the snow, uphill.

54FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE SKILLS:This sentence is an example of what: "I have a ton of homework."

55What type of figurative language was used in the quote, "There are a million berries, you dad could make a thousand pies"?

56Identify the figurative language used in the sentence below.I'd rather take baths with a man eating shark, or wrestle a lion alone in the dark, eat spinach and liver, pet ten porcupines, than tackle the homework, my teacher assigned.

57Identify the figures of speech used in each line."I nearly died laughing because of the joke my teacher said."

58In a poetry class, the teacher mentioned the term 'Hyperbole'. What does it mean?

59"That plane ride took forever."What type of figurative language is being used here?

60Literal or Figurative ..... These bags are so heavy my arms are falling off.

61"My backpack weighs a ton!" is an example of which figurative langauge?