Hyperboles and Personification By Stephanie Jacob Melissa and
Hyperboles and Personification By: Stephanie, Jacob, Melissa, and Kathryn Academic 3
Hyperbole: an obvious and intentional exaggeration (over the top) Example: I have a million things to do!
Oh the Places You’ll Go! by Dr. Seuss is full of hyperboles because he is saying all of the great things you can do, if you just set your mind to it. He says that you can lift mountains if you just believe in yourself. “And will you succeed? Yes! You will, indeed! (98 and 3/4 percent guaranteed. ) KID, YOU'LL MOVE MOUNTAINS! So. . . be your name Buxbaum or Bixby or Bray or Mordecai Ali Van Allen O'Shea, you're off to Great Places! Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting. So. . . get on your way!” -Dr. Seuss, Oh the Places You’ll Go!
the representation of a thing or idea as a person or by the human form Example: The wind whispered softly in the night.
If You Give… Books In the If You Give books, the animals are doing things that animals wouldn’t do in real life (ex: make sock puppets, have fashion shows, etc…)
Movies/TV with Personification • Toy Story • Cars • Charlotte's Web • Veggietales • Rio • Scooby Doo • Sponge. Bob • Tom and Jerry
Assessment Number a half sheet of paper 1 -10 and identify the following sentences as a hyperbole or personification.
Assessment 1. That joke is so old, the last time I heard it I was riding on a dinosaur. 2. The run down house appeared depressed. 3. Her smile was a mile wide. 4. The oak tree's limbs stretched in the sunlight. 5. The thunder grumbled like an old man. 6. The leaves danced in the summer breeze. 7. My mother's lecture on good manners lasted two weeks. 8. The phone awakened with a mighty ring. 9. Time creeps up on you. 10. If I don't get these jeans, I will die!
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