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A Million Meatballs

Hyperbole: exaggeration on purpose

Lesson 8
Spicy
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Chef Polpetta

Use hyperbole on purpose: for humour, feeling or drama. Use it everywhere and nothing stands out.

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Tick the hyperbole

aThe test was hard.The test was so hard it melted my brain.hyperbole
bEverybody in the world has that game!Most of my class have that game.hyperbole
cI could sleep for a week.I slept for nine hours.hyperbole
dThe holiday was over too quickly.The holiday was over in the blink of an eye.hyperbole
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Find the 4 flat lines

It was the worst morning in the history of mornings. My alarm rang at seven. I was so tired I could have slept until next year. I ate some toast. The bus took a hundred years to arrive. I sat next to Lina. We had maths first.
Three lines are already hyperbole.
Write the corrections here
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Now you write

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a Write three sentences about a storm, using hyperbole for drama:
b Where should you not use hyperbole? Give an example and say why:
c Explain the difference between hyperbole and a lie:
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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?

Explain why hyperbole is not a lie, then write a hyperbole Gino could put on the café's menu board.
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