Hyperbole by Emily Nguyen [Student FVHS] https://padlet.com/etnguyen119/9auhqcwgjbn8 Emily & Katelynn en-us 2018-11-02 16:18:40 UTC 2024-05-31 02:35:07 UTC hello@padlet.com Definition etnguyen119 https://padlet.com/etnguyen119/9auhqcwgjbn8/wish/299875023 Hyperbole (noun): Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally to make a point or show emphasis (opposite of understatement)]]> 2018-11-02 16:23:18 UTC https://padlet.com/etnguyen119/9auhqcwgjbn8/wish/299875023 "My Feet are Killing Me!" etnguyen119 https://padlet.com/etnguyen119/9auhqcwgjbn8/wish/299876472 "My feet are killing me doesn't actually mean the feet have intent to kill (it can't). It is just exaggerated because your feet hurt or ache. ]]> 2018-11-02 16:26:06 UTC https://padlet.com/etnguyen119/9auhqcwgjbn8/wish/299876472 "These shoes take forever to put on!" ktorres106 https://padlet.com/etnguyen119/9auhqcwgjbn8/wish/299878462 They do not actually take 50 million years to put on their shoes. They are over exaggerating because it takes them a while to put on their shoes.]]> 2018-11-02 16:29:48 UTC https://padlet.com/etnguyen119/9auhqcwgjbn8/wish/299878462 Examples etnguyen119 https://padlet.com/etnguyen119/9auhqcwgjbn8/wish/299880466 "I have a million things to do today!" 
(you don't actually have a million things to do...exaggeration)
"I am so hungry, I could eat a horse"
(they don't really want to eat a horse, they are exaggerating how hungry they are)   ]]> 2018-11-02 16:33:15 UTC https://padlet.com/etnguyen119/9auhqcwgjbn8/wish/299880466 Quoted Examples etnguyen119 https://padlet.com/etnguyen119/9auhqcwgjbn8/wish/299883927 "I would walk 500 miles, And I would walk 500 more, Just to be the man who walked 1,000 miles to fall down at your door."
-The Proclaimers, "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)
He isn't gonna actually walk 1000 miles. It is used to portray strong emotion and express his love to want to come to her. 
"And don't make it you sad about it, cry me a river, go on and just cry me a river"
-Justin Timberlake, "Cry Me a River"
He does not want them to actually cry a river, he just wants them to cry a lot for him.
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