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Yanni Yohannes FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE FORMATIVE #2: HYPERBOLE, ALLITERATION, ONOMATOPOEIA Carefully read the following examples below. Determine which technique is being used: Explain your answer using complete sentences. DO NOT BEGIN A SENTENCE WITH BECAUSE. 1. If you were only one inch tall, you’d ride a worm to school. The teardrop of a crying ant would be your sw. Which technique is being used (hyperbole, alliteration, onomatopoeia) ? How can you tell? I can tell the technique that is being used is a hyperbole because the two sentences are an exaggeration, and no one can be an inch tall. 2. During a dangerous mission on the foreign planet, Spaceman Spiff zapped the alien with his ray-gun. Which technique is being used? (hyperbole, alliteration, onomatopoeia)? How can you tell? I can tell the technique that is being used is an onomatopoeia because zapped is a sound that can be heard like all onomatopoeias. Therefore, the technique that is being used is an onomatopoeia. 3. The child bounced the ball at the backyard barbeque. Which technique is being used? (hyperbole, alliteration, onomatopoeia)? How can you tell? I can tell the technique that is being used is an alliteration because most of the words in the sentence starts with the letter b. This proves the technique being used is an alliteration. 4. As Daryl was gargling his mouthwash, he regretted starting his day with orange juice. Wh ich technique is being used (hyperbole, alliteration, onomatopoeia)? How can you tell? I can tell the technique that is being used is an onomatopoeia because in the sentence gargling is a sound that can be heard, so the sentence is an onomatopoeia.

5. When the canary keeled over, the coal miners left the cave. Which technique is being used (hyperbole, alliteration, onomatopoeia)? How can you tell? I can tell the technique that is being used is an alliteration because in the sentence there are many words that start with the letter c. This proves that the technique that is being used is an alliteration. 6. Old Mr. Johnson has been teaching here since the Stone Age. Which technique is being used (hyperbole, alliteration, onomatopoeia) ? How can you tell? I can tell the technique that is being used is a hyperbole because in the sentence it is exaggerating that Mr. Johnson has been teaching here since the Stone Age. This makes the technique that is being used is a hyperbole. 7. Forget knocking it out of the park, Frank can knock a baseball off the continent. Which technique is being used (hyperbole, alliteration, onomatopoeia) ? How can you tell? I can tell the technique that is being used is a hyperbole because in the sentence it is exaggerating that Frank can knock a baseball off the continent. This proves that the sentence is a hyperbole. 8. When he pressed on the gas, he took off so quickly that his tires screeched. Which technique is being used (hyperbole, alliteration, onomatopoeia) ? How can you tell? I can tell the technique that is being used is an onomatopoeia because in the sentence it has the word screeched and that is a sound that you can hear just like all onomatopoeias. Therefore, the sentence is an onomatopoeia. 9. We all knew she was in the kitchen because the cabinet opened with a distinct creak. Which technique is being used (hyperbole, alliteration, onomatopoeia) ? How can you tell? I can tell the technique that is being used is an onomatopoeia because in the sentence it has the word creak and that is a sound that you can hear just like all onomatopoeias. Therefore, the sentence is an onomatopoeia.

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