Lesson Details

Toro LINK Leaders

2014-2015

Freshman Literature, Fall 2014

Date

Oct. 23, 2014

Additional Info
Literary Term #29: hyperbole (n.) hyperbolic (adj.)
This is a technique used for extreme exaggeration. A writer using hyperbolic diction might speak of everything as being larger than life, or everything as being terrible, awful, and depressing. Hyperbole can be used to make a point or to show the intensity or ridiculousness of something.
ex: "If I can't go to Disneyland this summer, I am going to die!"
ex: "It was so cold outside, I saw penguins wearing sweaters."
ex: "That new car probably cost him a bajillion dollars."


Allusion #29: The Last Straw
This is a shortened version of "the straw that broke the camel's back." It was first used in a novel by Charles Dickens, called Dombey and Son. Dickens himself was alluding to an old proverb that said, "It is the last feather that breaks the horse's back" that dates from 1677. The phrase refers to the last bit of information that a person can bear before breaking down sorrow, anger, or exhaustion.

Today, you will have a presentation by the Toro Link Leaders about academic success. I expect you to be respectful and pay close attention, just as if I were teaching the lesson.

If we have any time left over, we will continue with R&J, I.ii.