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A Million Meatballs

Hyperbole: exaggeration on purpose

Lesson 8
Medium
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Chef Polpetta

Hyperbole is too big to be true, and everyone knows it. That is why it is not a lie.

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Tick the hyperbole

aI've told you a million times!I've told you twice.hyperbole
bThis film lasts two hours.This film lasts forever!hyperbole
cThe bus was full.The whole town was on that bus!hyperbole
dMy bag weighs more than an elephant!My bag weighs three kilos.hyperbole
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Find the 3 flat lines

Saturday was the busiest day since time began. Forty people came for lunch. The queue stretched to the moon and back. Gino served eight tables. Marco made a thousand pizzas in an hour. The dishwasher broke at two o'clock.
Three lines are already hyperbole.
Write the corrections here
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Lesson 8 · Medium · side 2

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Now you write

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a Which are hyperbole? I've got so much homework …
Tick 2it would take a hundred yearsthe pile reaches the moonI'll need two hoursit fills a whole pageit is on my desk
Now write your own sentence:
b Which are hyperbole? The classroom was so quiet …
Tick 2you could hear a snail blinknobody spokeyou could hear a feather landwe read our booksthe teacher smiled
Now write your own sentence:
c Which are hyperbole? My little brother is so loud …
Tick 2they can hear him in Australiahe shouts a lothe wakes up the whole planethe is sixhe likes drums
Now write your own sentence:
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Help Polpetta

Chef Polpetta

Gino said his soup is hotter than the sun! So Gino told a big fib. Perfetto, no?

Tell Polpetta how hyperbole is different from a lie, then write your own hyperbole about Gino's soup.
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