Hyperbole is a word that means emphasis on something by exaggeration e.g. I've got six trillion assignments to mark. It can be used for serious or comic effect.
Give students examples from everyday language and ask them to think of some of their own.
Are there any examples of hyperbole in the play that your students are studying. Give them six examples and ask them to vote on whether the examples that you've given them use hypbole or not. Voters must be prepared to say why the example is or isn't.
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