Vocab Practice: Hyperbole

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This word appeared on the Cool Word Club website on June 16, 2014.

Let’s do a practice round!

Hyperbole means:

A) Occurring mostly underwater
B) Circular in motion
C) Intentional exaggeration
D) Overly active

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Cool Word Challenge: Hyperbole and Obdurate

Cool Word Challenge Hyperbole and Obdurate

Cool Word Challenge: Just for fun, come up with one sentence that uses both of the cool vocabulary words that you learned this week.

Here are the words again:

Hyperbole: Obvious and intentional exaggeration.

Obdurate: Stubbornly refusing to change one’s thinking; unyielding.

Submit your sentence below. The most creative ones [Read more…]

How About Some Hyperbole?

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If a friend tells you, “It’s raining buckets outside,” you know the person doesn’t mean it literally. We all exaggerate our words at times for dramatic effect.

Even Shakespeare used hyperbole (see definition and hear pronunciation below) frequently throughout his plays. One example is when the lovesick Romeo compares Juliet [Read more…]