Literary Devices: Hyperbole Examples

A hyperbole is an extreme exaggeration. It is a way of writing that makes something sound bigger, smaller, better, worse, etc than it actually is. Hyperbole is a type of figurative language. It is a figure of speech and a literary device.

This document contains examples of hyperboles. The hyperbole example list can be used to help to understand this literary device, to identify hyperboles within texts and to use hyperboles in writing.

Example texts and activities featuring hyperboles:
✦ Letter to an Ogre Example Persuasive Text Pack
✦ Diary Example Text Pack: The Butterfly Lion
✦ Diary Example Text: Boy at the Back of the Class
✦ Harry Potter & The Philosopher’s Stone: Harry’s Diary Entry Example Text Pack
✦ Oranges in No Man’s Land Figurative Language & Other Literary Devices Differentiated Worksheets
✦ Example Description: Journey by Aaron Becker
✦ Oranges In No Man’s Land Action Writing Example Text Pack
✦ The Iron Man Literary Devices Differentiated Activities
✦ Diary Example Text Pack: The Boy Who Grew Dragons
✦ Stone Age Boy Example Diary Text Pack
✦ Unicorn Persuasive Letter Example Pack
✦ Oranges in No Man’s Land Example Diary Text Pack
✦ How To Train Your Dragon Example Diary Text Pack
✦ The Twits Example Diary Text Pack

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✦ The Iron Man Complete Unit of Work | Four Weeks | Year 3/4

Example Texts Bundles:
✦ Ogres
✦ Unicorns
✦ The Butterfly Lion
✦ The Boy at the Back of the Class
✦ Oranges In No Man’s Land
✦ Journey
✦ The Boy Who Grew Dragons
✦ Stone Age Boy
✦ How to Train Your Dragon
✦ The Twits

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