The document provides examples of sentences and how to change them into new sentences using hyperbole by asking "HOW" and providing an exaggerated description. Some examples of hyperbolic rewrites included describing a girl as being so sad she could swim in her tears, claiming to be so hungry one could eat a horse, and stating a package was so heavy it could be used as a dumbbell. The document demonstrates how to take simple descriptions and rewrite them in an intentionally over-the-top, exaggerated way through the use of hyperbole.
The document provides examples of sentences and how to change them into new sentences using hyperbole by asking "HOW" and providing an exaggerated description. Some examples of hyperbolic rewrites included describing a girl as being so sad she could swim in her tears, claiming to be so hungry one could eat a horse, and stating a package was so heavy it could be used as a dumbbell. The document demonstrates how to take simple descriptions and rewrite them in an intentionally over-the-top, exaggerated way through the use of hyperbole.
Directions: Change the sentences below into a new sentence
using hyperbole. Hint: After each sentence ask HOW ________? The girl was sad. HOW sad? The girl was so sad that I thought shed be able to swim laps in her puddle of tears!
1. I had a good day.
2. I am hungry. 3. The package is heavy. 4. The boy is tall. 5. I had a bad day. 6. He has a lot of books. 7. Her smile was big. 8. She is old. 9. I am tired. 10. This is taking a long time.