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Sound Devices and Figurative Language - Hyperbole - Print - Fiction Resources

 * 3-5**
 * //And to Think That I Saw it on Mulberry Street,// by Dr. Suess. 9780394844947. A Suess classic that demonstrates hyperbole on every page as the parade grows more outrageous with each addition.


 * //Library Lil,//by Suzanne Williams. 9780140568370 "From the day she was born, Lil had a book in her hand"...the opening line sets the stage for the hyperbole in the story that includes a showdown between Library Lil and a motorcycle gang.


 * //Secret Science Project That Almost Ate the School//, by Judy Sierra. 9781416911753. The descriptions are exaggerated and illustrate hyperbole as the super slime threatens to eat everything in its path.


 * //Swamp Angel, by// Anne Issacs. 9780140559088. The hyperbole is presented at the beginning of this book about a woodswoman from Tennessee - "The newborn was scarcely taller than her mother and couldn't climb a tree without help.... She was a full two years old before she built her first log cabin'' - and continues as the story unfolds.


 * //Hog Eye//, by Susan Meddaugh. 0-395-93746-9. This read aloud provides examples of hyperbole as a pig tells her family a story - for example, she trickes a wolf and he "gets caught in a garden trap, falls over a steep cliff and a tall waterfall."


 * 6-8**
 * // Where the Sidewalk End //// s //, poem titled //Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would Not Take The Garbage Out//, Shel Silverstein, copyright 2004. This humorous poem is an excellent resource to use in teaching students hyperbole.


 * E1-E4**