Select one of the following prompts to begin a new creative writing piece. You may also begin with a hyperbole of your own - just get my approval first.
Remember that figurative language strays from the literal and provides special meaning. It paints a picture in your mind and lets you use your imagination.
In addition to hyperbole, figurative language includes similes, metaphors, and personification.
- I’ve told you a million times!
- It was so cold, I saw polar bears wearing jackets.
- I am so hungry I could eat a horse.
- I have a million things to do.
- I had to walk 15 miles to school in the snow, uphill.
- I had a ton of homework.
- If I can’t buy that new game, I will die!
- This car goes faster than the speed of light.
- We are so poor; we don’t have two cents to rub together.
- That joke is so old, the last time I heard it I was riding on a dinosaur.
- They ran like greased lightning.
- You could have knocked me over with a feather.
- He is older than the hills.
As you write including figurative language, please color code your writing. Similes, Metaphors, Hyperbole, Personification. Underline using these colors.
One page, typed, color-coded, due Tuesday.