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Hyperbole & Litotes

This document discusses the literary devices of hyperbole and litotes. Hyperbole uses extreme exaggeration to emphasize something, rather than being taken literally. Examples include saying you're "so hungry you could eat a horse." Litotes is a form of understatement using double negatives to emphasize a point ironically, like saying something is "not a bad day's work." The document provides examples of each and assessment questions to identify whether statements use hyperbole or litotes.

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Hyperbole & Litotes

This document discusses the literary devices of hyperbole and litotes. Hyperbole uses extreme exaggeration to emphasize something, rather than being taken literally. Examples include saying you're "so hungry you could eat a horse." Litotes is a form of understatement using double negatives to emphasize a point ironically, like saying something is "not a bad day's work." The document provides examples of each and assessment questions to identify whether statements use hyperbole or litotes.

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  • Title Page
  • Introduction to Identification
  • Description of Hyperbole
  • Examples of Hyperbole
  • Description of Litotes
  • Examples of Litotes
  • Assessment

HYPERBOLE &

LITOTES
Identify whether it is Hyperbole or
Litotes
1. He’s not the friendliest person.
2. I’ve told you to clean your room a million times.
3. I had a ton of homework.
4. She’s not unkind.
5. It wasn’t a terrible trip.
HYPERBOLE
is a literary device used to draw emphasis
through extreme exaggeration. Hyperbole is
not meant to be taken literally, but rather
understood as a means of communicating
something specific. Those who hear or read
the hyperbole should understand that it is an
exaggeration.
EXAMPLES
1. I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse
2. My feet are killing me
3. That plane ride took forever
4. This is the best book ever written
5. I love you to the moon and back
6. The pen is mightier than the sword
7. I've told you this 20,000 times
8. Cry me a river
LITOTES
A figure of speech and a form
of understatement in which a
sentiment is expressed
ironically by negating its
contrary.
EXAMPLES
1. He’s no fool.
2. That was no pleasant journey.
3. It was not unlike my dream.
4. Not a bad day’s work.
5. Not bad!
6. She’s not ugly.
7. You are not wrong.
8. She’s no ordinary girl.
ASSESSMENT
1. James is growing so fast, soon he'll be taller than the
trees.
2. My backpack weighed a ton.
3. Ten thousand dollars is not an inconsiderable sum of
money.
4. I am so tired I could sleep for a year.
5. Thank you, ma’am, you won’t regret it
6. James runs faster than a speeding
bullet.
7. He’s not the friendliest person.
8. The two concepts are not unlike each
other.
9. I’m so sad that I’m drowning in tears.
10. They aren’t unhappy with the
presentation.
11. His classmates laughed at him, saying he
had a pea-sized brain.
12. You are not as young as you used to be.
13. The blacksmith’s hand was harder than
the rock.
14. You’re apartment is not unclean.
15. The old man was older than the
Himalayas

HYPERBOLE & LITOTES
Identify whether it is Hyperbole or Litotes 1. He’s not the friendliest person. 2. I’ve told you to clean your room a millio
HYPERBOLE is a literary device used to draw emphasis through extreme exaggeration. Hyperbole is not meant to be taken lite
EXAMPLES 1. I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse 2. My feet are killing me 3. That plane ride took forever 4. This is the best
LITOTES A figure of speech and a form of understatement in which a sentiment is expressed ironically by negating its
EXAMPLES 1. He’s no fool. 2. That was no pleasant journey. 3. It was not unlike my dream. 4. Not a bad day’s work. 5. No
ASSESSMENT 1. James is growing so fast, soon he'll be taller than the trees. 2. My backpack weighed a ton. 3. Ten thousand d
6. James runs faster than a speeding bullet. 7. He’s not the friendliest person. 8. The two concepts are not unlike each ot
11. His classmates laughed at him, saying he had a pea-sized brain. 12. You are not as young as you used to be. 13. The blac

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