Literature-Hyperbole

1. He runs a mile in nothing flat.
He can run right out from under his hat.
---John Ciardi, "Speed Adjustments"



2. If I read a book and it makes my whole body so cold no fire can warm me, I know that is poetry.
---Emily Dickenson, Letter to Col. Thomas Higginson



3. Write your own hyperbole on
1. loud
2. cold
3. late