The document discusses two literary devices: hyperbole and litotes. Hyperbole uses extreme exaggeration to emphasize something, rather than being taken literally. Examples include saying you're "so hungry you could eat a horse" or telling someone something "a million times." Litotes is a form of understatement using double negatives to emphasize a point, such as saying something is "not bad" to mean it is actually good. The document provides examples of each and assesses whether examples are instances of hyperbole or litotes.

1. HYPERBOLE &
LITOTES

2. Identify whether it is Hyperbole or Litotes
1. He’s not the friendliest person.
2. I’ve told you to clean your room a million
times.
3. I had a ton of homework.
4. She’s not unkind.
5. It wasn’t a terrible trip.

3. HYPERBOLE
is a literary device used to draw emphasis
through extreme exaggeration. Hyperbole is
not meant to be taken literally, but rather
understood as a means of communicating
something specific. Those who hear or read
the hyperbole should understand that it is an
exaggeration.

4. EXAMPLES
1. I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse
2. My feet are killing me
3. That plane ride took forever
4. This is the best book ever written
5. I love you to the moon and back
6. The pen is mightier than the sword
7. I've told you this 20,000 times
8. Cry me a river

5. LITOTES
A figure of speech and a form
of understatement in which a
sentiment is expressed
ironically by negating its
contrary.

6. EXAMPLES
1. He’s no fool.
2. That was no pleasant journey.
3. It was not unlike my dream.
4. Not a bad day’s work.
5. Not bad!
6. She’s not ugly.
7. You are not wrong.
8. She’s no ordinary girl.

7. ASSESSMENT
1. James is growing so fast, soon he'll be taller than the
trees.
2. My backpack weighed a ton.
3. Ten thousand dollars is not an inconsiderable sum of
money.
4. I am so tired I could sleep for a year.
5. Thank you, ma’am, you won’t regret it

8. 6. James runs faster than a speeding
bullet.
7. He’s not the friendliest person.
8. The two concepts are not unlike each
other.
9. I’m so sad that I’m drowning in tears.
10. They aren’t unhappy with the
presentation.

9. 11. His classmates laughed at him, saying he
had a pea-sized brain.
12. You are not as young as you used to be.
13. The blacksmith’s hand was harder than
the rock.
14. You’re apartment is not unclean.
15. The old man was older than the
Himalayas