Figurative Language Lesson, Grades 6-8: Hyperbole & Understatement

Does the backpack really weigh a ton? And what does it mean when a coach calls a 20 to 0 loss "not our best game"? In about 40 minutes, students learn to tell hyperbole (more than is true) from understatement (less than is true) and to say why a writer would use each.

What's inside

• 16 slides, with speaker notes on every slide
• Lesson plan, 2 pages
• Student Notes, 1 page
• Poem Page, 1 page
• Student worksheet, 2 pages
• Teacher answer key, 1 page, with accepted answers and "look for" notes on the open items
• Print-all PDF, 7 pages: lesson plan, Notes, Poem Page, worksheet and answer key together

Answer key included

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