Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Hyperbole Poems

Remember that hyperboles are extreme and ridiculous exaggerations.  We use them when we want to add color and/or add humor to our writing.

Below are some hyperbole poems.  Comment on the 2 that we didn't read in class and tell what the hyperbole is describing.

Tomorrow (THURSDAY 4/17) we will write our own silly and extreme hyperbole poems.

Appetite

In a house the size of a postage stamp
lived a man as big as a barge.
His mouth could drink the entire river
You could say it was rather large
For dinner he would eat a trillion beans
And a silo full of grain,
Washed it down with a tanker of milk
As if he were a drain.

Thanksgiving

A mountain of baby carrots,
a turkey the size of a cow.
a river full of gravy
a dog that says meow
Every pie known to man
and gallons full of ice cream.
By the time my dinner is over
I surely won’t be lean.

My Dog

His bark breaks the sound barrier
His nose is as cold as an ice box.
A wag of his tail causes hurricanes
His jumping causes falling rocks.
He eats a mountain of dog food
And drinks a waterfall dry.
But though he breaks the bank
He’s the apple of my eye.

Summertime is Here

My tongue is a piece of sandpaper
I’m dissolving into a puddle.
I want to dive into a snowdrift
Though I’m sure that would befuddle
Open me up, my organs are cooked
I think I’m now well done.
You can fry an egg upon my brow
As I melt away in the sun!

36 comments:

  1. In the poem appetite the hyperbole is describing that he could drink the whole river,eat a trillion beans,and hid house is as big as a post sticker thingy.


    In the poem Summertime it is hyperbole by "you can fry a egg on my brow",and my organs are cooked also,my tongue is a piece of sandpaper.

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  3. On the poem Thanksgiving, the hyperbole is a turkey the size of a cow. It is exaggerating that there is a lot of turkey.
    On the poem my dog, one of the hyperbolics are he eats a mountain of dog food. The dog isn't really eating a mountain of dog food the dog is just eating a lot.

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  5. Thanksgiving
    The hyperbole is how many food we are going to eat or drink on Thanksgiving.

    My Dog
    The hyperbole is that how hard my dog is.

    Appetite
    The hyperbole is how much the man can eat and drink

    Summertime is here
    The hyperbole is how hot the person is.

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  6. For the Thanksgiving poem they had a lot of baby carrots a really big turkey a lot of gravy and a lot of ice cream in a pie to end this they had a lot of food. For the dog poem the dog has a loud bark his tail blows a lot of air when he jumps he lands hard and he eats a lot of food in conclusion they have a big dog.

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  7. My Dog
    The hyperbole is trying to describe what the dog does in a ridiculous way.

    Summertime is here
    The hyperbole is trying to describe how the person fells in the sun in a extreme way.

    -Kim ^ - ^

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  8. Thanksgiving
    It describing that the turkey is like the sizes of the cow that mean it alot to eat.

    The dog
    It describing how hard it is to take care of the dog because everything he does something bad happen.

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  9. On the poem Thanksgiving, the hyperbole is '' A turkey the size of a cow.'' It is exaggerating by saying that there is a lot of turkey.
    On the poem My Dog, one hyperbolic is ''He eats a mountain of dog food.'' The dog is not eating a whole mountain of dog food, it is just eating a lot like a mountain of dog food.

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  10. Thanksgiving hyperbole:
    A turkey the size of a cow means that the turkey is really big like a cow is really big

    My Dog hyperbole:
    His nose is as cold as an ice box, means that his nose is cold like an ice box is cold

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  11. In Thanksgiving they make the Thanksgiving items much bigger than regular size.

    In My Dog they make the dog turn into a large dog that makes big things happen on the earth.

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  12. It makes the poem funny like in the poem "My dog" it says "his nose is as cold as a ice-box" the dog's nose is very cold.

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  13. The thanksgivings hyperbole's are the size of a cow mountain of carrots dog says meow gallons of ice cream.
    The hyperbole's are his nose has cold as ice also a simile. A wag of his tail causes hurricanes. He eats a mountain of dog food. He drinks a waterfall dry.

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  14. In Thanksgiving, a dog that says meow = Dog is quiet

    In My Dog, Eats a mountain of dog food = Can eat a lot of food

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  15. The appetite poem's hyperbole were, the man could drink the whole river, the man could eat a trillion beans, and the man lives in a post card thing.
    The thanksgiving poem's hyperbole were, the river was gravy, the mountains were baby carrots, the dog that says meow, every pie known to man, and gallons full of ice cream.

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  16. Thanksgiving hyperbole exaggerates about a turkey the size of a cow.In my dog The dogs bark cant really break a sound barrier they are exaggerating.

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  17. The man big as a building that lived in a house bigger than the moon.The furniture
    of the couch was made of steel because he was like a boldosser.His bed is bigger than a big crater of pillows.
    The man ate 10 pounds of meat and tomatoes like a grinder.He would drink 20 gallons of water each day like a pipe.He can eat 28 ice cubes at a time while eating 5 burgers.

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  18. A hyperbole in the thanksgiving poem is a mountain of baby carrots,which means that the mountain has lots of baby carrots.

    A hyperbole in my dog poem is a wag of his tail causes hurricanes,which means that the dog's tail wags really fast like a hurricane.

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  20. His bark breaks the sound barrier, means the dogs bark was very loud.
    His nose is as cold as an ice box, means his nose is very cold.

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  21. The thanksgiving hyperbole talks about all of its food like how much it is for him/her and the hyperboles are a mountain of baby carrots, a turkey the size of a cow, a river full of gravy, and gallons full of ice cream. in my dog the hyperboles are His bark breaks the sound barrier, his nose is as cold as an ice box, the wag of his tail causes hurricanes, his jumping causes falling rocks, drinks a waterfall dry, and though he breaks the bank. The hyperbole is talking about his dog in a way with humor describing his dog with little bits of extra details.

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  22. The hyperbole in My Dog is , "His nose is as cold as an ice box. The dog's nose is just very cold. This sentence is also a simile.
    The hyperbole in Thank's giving is, "A turkey the size of a cow. The turkey is just really big.

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  23. In My Dog the poet is trying to say that everything the dog does something bad would happen.

    In Thanksgiving the poet is trying to say that the Thanksgiving meal was very big.

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  24. On the poem appetite hyperbole is that he got a big appetite. The poem thanksgiving the hyperbole was that in thanksgiving there is a lot of food to eat for dinner. The poem for the My dog the hyperbole was that when dogs do one thing he does it a lot of times and gets a lot. The poem summertime is here is really funny and the hyperbole was that when it is summer it gets really hot that different things can happen.

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  25. my tongue is as dry as sandpaper=really dry
    I can drink a whole river= drink alot

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  26. Summer time is here is about that it is hot and people are burning. Thanksgiving is about a turkey the size of a cow. My dog is about the dog's nose is as cold as a ice cube. appetite is about a person who eats a lot of things like a trillion beans.

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  27. My stomach is so big,it can fit a pig.
    The raw meat was so tall,it could fit a mall.

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  28. My house is so small, it can fit a tiny ball
    My long meat was really raw, it can fit a super long hall

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  29. The thanksgiving poem hyperboles were a mountain of baby carrots,the cow thats a size of a turkey,the dog said meow,and a gallon of icecream

    The cow as a size of a turkey means that there was a large cow.
    There was a mountain of baby carrots meant that there was bowls and bowls of carrots.

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  30. The boy's tongue was not a sandpaper, it was just dry.

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  31. The dog is big and is when they are going to eat a lot. I know the dog is big, because he causes disasters.

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