Meaning of Hyperbole Worksheet Download
This language arts worksheet has students explain what hyperbole really means. Each sentence has an exaggeration underlined, and students pick its meaning from four choices, including a tempting one that takes the words literally.
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Meaning of Hyperbole
Students read a sentence with a hyperbole underlined and choose what it really means from four choices, one of which takes the exaggeration as really true.
About this worksheet
Students read a sentence with a hyperbole underlined and choose what it really means from four choices, one of which takes the exaggeration as really true.
Student objectives
- Explain the meaning of a hyperbole in context
- Tell the real meaning from the literal meaning of the words
- Use the rest of the sentence as a clue
- Understand why writers exaggerate
Everyday practice
- Understanding a friend who says they have a ton of homework
- Figuring out what a character means in a story
- Explaining an exaggeration to a younger brother or sister
- Reading a sports story that says the crowd shook the whole city