The document provides examples of hyperbole from literature and instructs students to identify the key words or phrases that create a hyperbolic effect in each example. It then asks students to draw a cartoon using hyperbole about school or sports, highlighting the hyperbolic portion in a different color.

1. Hyperbole Examples
Name _______________________________________ Date
________ Period ______
Study the definition of hyperbole. Write your answers to the
question concerning the examples following each.
Hyperbole: 0bvious exaggeration that is intended for effect; an
extravagant statement not meant to be taken literally; another type
of figure of speech. Example: "I've been waiting here for an
eternity."
Directions: In the blank space after each example of hyperbole,
write the key word or words creating a hyperbolic effect.
1. Toussaint, the most unhappy man of men! William Wordsworth
Key word or words of hyperbole
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2. The atrocious crime of being a young man ... I shall neither
attempt to palliate or deny. William Penn
Key word or words of hyperbole
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3. 'This was the most unkindest cut of all...." said Mark Antony of
the stab wound given Julius Caesar by his supposed friend Brutus.
William Shakespeare
Key word or words of hyperbole
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4. These, in the day when heaven was falling, the hour when earths
foundation fled, took their wages and are dead. A.E..Housman
Key word or words of hyperbole
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2. Activity: Draw a cartoon about school or your favorite
sport that includes a hyperbole (You might draw and
exaggerate a humerous situation that you saw or were a part of
the action.). Put the hyperbole in a different color so that it is
obvious to your teacher.