For today’s task, you are going to be identifying instances of hyperbole in the poem “Sarah Cynthia Stout Would Not Take the Garbage Out.” Once you identify the hyperboles, you must then explain the effect that it has on the reader.
Questions to consider:
Does it make your visualize something?
Does it emphasize a point?
Does it help you to understand something?
Does it make the poem more entertaining or funny?
In your entry, include:
4 – 5 different instances of hyperbole
4 – 5 lines from the poem that are hyperbole
Explanations of each of the instances of hyperbole
Explanations of the effect that the hyperbole has on the reader
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Madison Del Rossi 5-26-11
1—It makes me think and visualize how much people use Hyperboles and don’t even know it. Hyperboles are a big thing because they are like secret words. You can say something and they wouldn’t know they said it because they probably don’t know what a Hyperbole is.
2—Hyperbole’s do have point a lot of times. They pop out when you say it and you don’t mean to say it to mean a point. I use Hyperbole’s all the time and the truth is I don’t even notice that they have point to something.
3—Hyperboles do help me understand that hyperbole’s have/say their own saying in something. Hyperboles are like saying another sentence but they mean something/a point.
4—It does makes poems interesting because they are making you think by using different sentences to mean a certain subject. They are asking you, ”I am saying the right sentence or am I tricking you??!!” They are tricking you to make think more about what the poems mean.
(THEY IS MEANT FOR hyperbole)
The hyperboles in this story are basically dealing with the trash getting higher and higher..it was piling up to the ceiling in her house.than,it was rolling down and covering her house..and it just kept growing til it touched the sky and than it reached from the Golden Gate bridge to New York..this story had alot of exaggeration in it and you can tell that noone of these things could really happen.
When i read this poem i visualized garbage overflowing out of the trash can and it all over the floor. Yes it emphasizes the point that you should take your trash out. Yes it makes the poem funny. The garbage rolled on down the hall, it raised the roof, it broke the wall. This part of the poem says how much it was and how it got so bad it was going down the hall. At last the garbage reached so high that it finally touched the sky. That line shows how high it got. It filled the can, it covered the floor, it cracked the window and blocked the door. This part shows how bad it got that it blocked places in the house. The garbage reached across the state, from New York to the Golden Gate. This part shows how much garbage it was.
Some ex: It cracked the window and blocked the door With bacon rinds and chicken boThe garbage rolled on down the hall,
It raised the roof, it broke the wallnes.
I can picture everything that was said. The garbage was so disgusting that it can make you sick. Her room was basically a living kitchen. Here are some examples of extreme hyperbole: Brown bananas, rotten peas, Chunks of sour cottage cheese. This was some of the examples of hyperbole in the poem. I can imagine seeing blocks of cheese on the floor and brown banana peel everywhere. I can relate b/c this is exactly how my brother’s room is.
"At last the garbage reached so high" this is a hyperbole because the trash could not reach the sky.
"The garbage reached across the state" because the trash could not stretch across the state."And so it piled up to the ceilings" The trash wouldn't reach the ceiling. "It cracked the window and blocked the door" it wouldn't do all that extra stuff!
"At last the garbage reached so high
That it finally touched the sky."
This hyperbole makes people laugh because it's not possible for the trash to reach the sky.
"It raised the roof, it broke the wall."
Trash cant break the wall, creats effect to readers.
"It cracked the window and blocked the door"
Can't happen, super exageration.
"And so it piled up to the ceilings"
Very unlikely, may be reminded by someone they know.
"The garbage reached across the state"
One household would never be able to creat that much trash in a million year! ...get it... lol
Hyperboles:
1. The garbage reached across the state, From New York to the Golden Gate.
2. At last the garbage reached so high
That it finally touched the sky.
3. The garbage rolled on down the hall,
It raised the roof, it broke the wall.
4. It filled the can, it covered the floor,
It cracked the window and blocked the door
Explanations
1. The garbage couldn’t possibly reach from New York to the Golden Gate; that’s a huge distance. Effect: Gives you a visual of trash piled up from NY to the Golden Gate.
2. Garbage can’t really touch the sky. Effect: I pictured trash piling up very high.
3. Garbage can’t really raise the roof and break the wall. Effect: Really emphasizes how much trash there is.
4. Trash can’t crack the window and block the door. Effect: Emphasizes the amount of trash.
Lines from the poem-
1. “It filled the can, it covered the floor,” Trash is an immobile bag of crap and it can’t grow unless you physically move it in such a way.
2. “It cracked the window and blocked the door” Trash don’t contain any force or pressure unless contained but blocking the door is at least logical.
3. “It raised the roof, it broke the wall. . .” Did it really build up THAT much pressure in the house???
4. “At last the garbage reached so high that it finally touched the sky.” How could you live in that house if it lifted up and off the roof?!
5. “The garbage reached across the state, from New York to the Golden Gate.” Wow from state to state? That’s ridiculous!
Lines from myself- Not Finished yet!!!
Hyperboles:
1. The garbage reached across the state, From New York to the Golden Gate.
2. At last the garbage reached so high
That it finally touched the sky.
3. The garbage rolled on down the hall,
It raised the roof, it broke the wall.
4. It filled the can, it covered the floor,
It cracked the window and blocked the door
Explanations
1. The garbage couldn’t possibly reach from New York to the Golden Gate; that’s a huge distance. Effect: Gives you a visual of trash piled up from NY to the Golden Gate.
2. Garbage can’t really touch the sky. Effect: I pictured trash piling up very high.
3. Garbage can’t really raise the roof and break the wall. Effect: Really emphasizes how much trash there is.
4. Trash can’t crack the window and block the door. Effect: Emphasizes the amount of trash.
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