Hyperbole

Tuesday 20 September 2016

Hyperbole

A hyperbole is  a form of figurative languages

Like  similes and and metaphors.hyperbole

Are used of emphasising and humour speaking

And writing.

Examples of hyperbole

1.It was so cold i saw polar bears  wearing

Jacket.

2. i had a  ton of chores to do.

3.She is as thin as a toothpick (simile/hyperbole)  

4.He was skinny enough to jumped through a keyhole.

5. Her smile was a mile wide.

6. His brain is the size of a pear.

7. are walking as slow as a snail.

8. His stomach is a bottomless pit.

9.i was so hungry that i could've eaten an ox.

Personification

Thursday 15 September 2016

Personification

Everyone knows what a person is, but do you know what personification is? A personification is when you assign human qualities to something that isn’t alive.

Examples of personification

• The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky.
• The run down house  appeared dressed.
• The first rays of the morning tiptoed through the meadow.
• The bees played hide and seek with the flowers as they buzzed from on to another.
• The river swallowed the earth as the water continued to rise higher and higher.
• The thunder grumbled like an old man.
• At precisely 6:30 am my alarm clock sprang into life.
• The news took me by surprise.
• The evil tree was lurking in the shadows.
• The ocean danced in the moonlight.