DEFINITION: A FIGURE OF SPEECH WHICH IS AN
EXAGGERATION & USED TO EMPHASIZE.

I AM SO HUNGRY, I COULD EAT
A HORSE
• WHAT DOES THIS IDIOM MEAN LITERALLY? FIGURATIVELY?

LITERALLY: I AM SO
HUNGRY, I COULD EAT
AN ENTIRE HORSE.
FIGURATIVELY: I AM VERY
HUNGRY! I COULD EAT A
LOT OF FOOD. I CAN’T
WAIT TO EAT.

I HAVE TRIED TO DO THIS
MATH PROBLEM A MILLION
TIMES!

I HAVE TRIED TO DO THIS MATH
PROBLEM A MILLION TIMES!
• LITERALLY: I HAVE TRIED SOLVING THIS PROBLEM A MILLION TIMES.
• FIGURATIVELY: I AM FRUSTRATED BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO SOLVE THIS MATH PROBLEM
AND I CAN’T FIGURE OUT THE CORRECT ANSWER.

TWO MORE STERLING EXAMPLES!
THE FARMER IN CHINA IS
OLDER THAN THE HILLS.
AFTER ZACK TOLD HIS JOKE,
MR. H. NEARLY DIED
LAUGHING.
• WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FIGURATIVELY?
• WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FIGURATIVELY?

TWO MORE STERLING EXAMPLES!
THE FARMER IN CHINA IS
OLDER THAN THE HILLS.
AFTER ZACK TOLD HIS JOKE,
MR. H. NEARLY DIED
LAUGHING.
• WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FIGURATIVELY? • WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FIGURATIVELY?
• THE FARMER IS EXTREMELY OLD.
• MR. H. FOUND ZACK’S JOKE EXTREMELY FUNNY
AND LAUGHED FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME.

TWO EXAMPLES FOR YOU TO COMPLETE
• TAYLOR HAS ______ OF MONEY.
• AFTER A LONG DAY AT WORK, JENNA WENT
HOME AND COMPLAINED, “MY FEET ARE
________________ ME.”

TWO EXAMPLES FOR YOU TO COMPLETE
• TAYLOR HAS TON OF MONEY
• TAYLOR HAS A BOATLOAD OF MONEY .
• AFTER A LONG DAY AT WORK, JENNA WENT
HOME AND COMPLAINED, “MY FEET ARE KILLING
ME.”

WITH HYPERBOLES, THINK OF, “YOUR MOMMA” JOKES.
YOUR SISTER WEARS SO MUCH MAKE-UP…

SHE BROKE THE CHISEL TRYING TO GET
IT OFF LAST NIGHT.

YOU MAY PICK ON MY MOMMA THIS ONE TIME & ONE TIME
ONLY…
MR. H.’S MOMMA IS SO (BIG, UGLY, DUMB) SHE….

ON YOUR WHITEBOARD,
PLEASE WRITE A
HYPERBOLE FOR …

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WHAT IS
ONOMATOPOEIA?
NAMING AN
ACTION BY
THE SOUND
IT MAKES.

TELL THE SOUNDS EACH PICTURE MAKES.
PICTURE 1 PICTURE 2 PICTURE 3

TELL THE SOUNDS EACH PICTURE MAKES.
PICTURE 1 PICTURE 2 PICTURE 3
SNAP!
OINK! OINK!
DRIP! DRIP!

ONOMATOPOEIA IN ADVERTISING
• WHAT DOES THE CEREAL SAY WHEN
• YOU ADD MILK TO IT?

POP!

•

WHAT DOES IT
SAY?
PLOP!
PLOP!
FIZZ!
FIZZ
OH, WHAT A
RELIEF IT IS!