Due Wednesday 9/14
Complete the exercises in the book for Hyperbole and Understatement. Upload them as comments on this post.
Freshman Composition Section C2
MW 11:00-12:15 with Prof. Olivia Wood
Due Wednesday 9/14
Complete the exercises in the book for Hyperbole and Understatement. Upload them as comments on this post.
Hyperbole:
1. School is so boring that I fall asleep once I enter a class.
2. My friend is so fast that he can run around the earth in less than 1 minute.
3. It is raining so much that I’m going to have to swim once the puddles reach my height.
4. His favorite baseball team is the Mets, and he decorates every single thing he touches with the Mets logo.
5. Cobra Kai is an awesome show. I can literally rewatch it non-stop no matter what.
6. I encounter musical groups like people who Christmas carol a lot to the point that they should just live in front of my house because they are everywhere.
Understatement:
1. The meal was delicious than I actually expected.
2. Our team is, shall we say, well trained.
3. That television show was exactly as I expected in the critic reviews.
4. The band is very talented and know how to play their instruments very well.
5. As a performer, I wonder if a lot of performers get nervous as well.
I noticed that the writer expands what he is describing by stating the obvious. For example, the writer wrote “those who walk this great down” and describes the number of women, children.
It is highly obvious that you would encounter that.
Exercise 1:
Hyperbole:
1. My school’s so full, we look like a pack of sardines in the ocean.
2. When my friend runs, she’s faster than lightning.
3. The sun was so hot, I felt like an ant under a microscope.
4. They loved the Yankee’s so much, you could fill a swimming pool with all their merch.
5. When Stranger Things came out, the whole world was pressing play at once.
6. One Direction’s breakup caused an avalanche of tears.
Understatement:
1. The meal was pretty edible if I say so myself.
2. Our team did a decent job. (We lost 1-35).
3. That television show had a thoughtful idea of casting all A-list celebrities.
4. The band is in tune with their artistic side.
5. As a performer, there’s a bit of a problem when the audience doesn’t react.
Exercise 2:
– To advance his point, Swift uses understatement by making points that usually the reader would put together in their minds, in his writing. Thoughts like not thinking about something to be true, stating facts, and re-stating what he already stated, are all interpreted with the use of understatement. In my opinion, the understatement used isn’t really effective as understatements. I feel like they are more effective as facts, or the author’s thoughts because they aren’t demonstrating something’s true power.
Exercise 1:
Hyperboles
1) Monday classes feel like they last forever.
2) When my friend plays basketball, he shoots better than Stephen Curry.
3) The weather is so unpredictable, that the weather forecast is always wrong.
4) They love the Seahawks so much, that they haven’t missed a Seahawks game yet!
5) I enjoyed watching The Boys, that I finished it in a day!
6) I encountered some of the BTS and their fans, the BTS were causing mountains of tears of joy.
Understatement
Exercise #1:
1) The meal was at least eatable.
2) Our team did what we could and played our game play.
3) That television show was cliche and nonsense.
4) The band is what you expected and underrated.
5) As a performer, I wonder if people get annoyed by the audiencet oo.
Exercise 2:
To explain his thoughts, Swift starts off with something obvious that the reader can point out and also see for himself. He talks about the condition of the town with understatements to explain how this is obvious. From what the reader can read, they understand that this isn’t what the town is experiencing and it is much worst.
Hyperbole:
1. School feels so much like a prison that we need to be in handcuffs with an escort to use the bathroom.
2. My friend is so strong that he’s like a tank when he plays football.
3. New York’s weather is so bipolar that it can be hot and snow on the same day.
4. The Redbull F1 team is so fast that the other teams move like snails
5. Family guy uses more jokes than logic in their adventures.
6. Black Sabbath make AC/DC sound like newbies.
Understatement:
1. The meal was, how can I say, definitely well done.
2. Our team, lets just say, basketball isn’t their strong suit.
3. That television show was definitely long alright.
4. The band is pretty good at playing iron man.
5. As a performer, I start to sweat a little when they all stare.
Exercise 2:
– Swift uses understatement to describe the living conditions of many that live in said town. He states things like “crowded with beggars of the female sex” and “they can very seldom pick up a livelihood by stealing till they arrive at six years old”, showing that these residents have a very hard life. I don’t believe that his use of understatement here is very effective because he is describing a harsh reality for these people and how they survive. I normally find the use of understatement to be funny, however Swift’s Use doesn’t strike me as funny but as factual and serious.
Exercise 1:
Hyperbole:
1. School in the morning looks like walking zombies
2. My friend jumps so high that he could touch the sun
3. The sun is so hot that it’s gonna make me melt
4. The 2017 warriors were on top of the world
5. Gravity Falls being over left my heart empty
6. The Jackson 5 touches my soul
Understatement:
1. The meal was at least fresh
2. Our team just needs more practice
3. That television show was something, I don’t know what but something
4. The band did all keep up in rhythm
5. As a performer at least he can say he did it
Exercise 2:
-Swift uses understatement to describe the current presence of the town. I don’t feel like it was very effective because I feel that it is already understandable how bad the living conditions are.
Hyperbole
Exercise 1:
1) My school has so much students that when one is absent the school goes silent.
2) My friend runs so fast he can compete against a cheetah and still win.
3) It is so hot that i feel like the sun is right next to me.
4) The Yankees are so good that when they win you can hear the celebration across the world.
5) The vampire Diaries got everyone so obsessed that at what one point they thought they were vampires.
6) Maroon 5 is like heave to my ears.
Understatement
Exercise 1:
1) The meal was just what I dreamed of tasting
2) Our team is enough trained to win.
3) That television show was not what I expected.
4) The band is not as noisy as others.
5) As a performer I still get nervous and I’m used to it.
Exercise 2:
Jonathan Swift uses understatement to describe how the town is like living conditions. I feel like even though he had a pretty good use of understatement it was not necessary because right after he used it he went on explaining like he had to choose between the 2 either understatement sentences or the explanations he was giving.
Hyperbole
1. School in general
statement : My school has so many students that we can fill up the yankee stadium 4 times and there would still need to be more seats.
2. A friends athletic ability
Statement: My friend is so strong that she can lift up an entire bus with one finger.
3. The weather
Statement: Is so hot outside that I can fry an egg on the floor.
4. Your favorite or least favorite team
Statement: The New York Yankees batters hit the ball so hard that the ball accidentally hit an airplane in the air.
5. A television show
Statement: One episode of family feud is 24 hours long.
6. A musical group
Statement: BTS fans together are stronger than the navy.
Understandment
1. The meal was actually not that bad.
2. Our team can at least hold a football.
3. The television show storyline was kind of short; it only had 30 seasons.
4. The band members play the instrument as you would expect them to play it.
5. As a performer he knows how to dance pretty well.
Exercise 2
Swift uses understatement to advance his point and to make the readers rethink what they just read. When Swift says “although I apprehend there cannot be so many, under the present distresses of the kingdom.” This makes you rethink and realize that it is impossible to have so many wife that are breeders. So Swift use of understatement makes the reader make connections and realizations.
Hyperbole :
1. School is so boring, it makes waiting in line at a post office look fun
2. My friend jumps so high, he can touch an airplane
3. It is so hot outside, I am going to turn into a puddle
4. The Golden State Warriors are so good, they have the world in their hands
5. Coco had me crying an ocean
6. When I listen to Michael Jackson, it’s like going to another planet
Understatement :
1. The meal was pretty over cooked
2. Our team made at least two touchdowns
3. That television show wasn’t that long
4. The band is pretty quiet
5. As a performer, he could sing alright
Jonathan Swift uses understatement to express how the town is like
1. My school is so big! I need a damn compass and a Hansel and Gretel bread trail to navigate it.
2. Mary is so fast, dude. I bet she could run me to Mexico and back before class and we still wouldn’t be late.
3. The weather has been so erratic. One day we’re in a blizzard and the next day we’re in the Sahara desert.
4. Man, the Mets are so bad, they probably couldn’t run a homerun even if they were the only ones on the field.
5. This show is so good, every time I watch it my entire being is completely uplifted.
6. I love this band so much, they could hit me with a car and I would apologize.
Oops, forgot to include understatement ones.
1. The meal was not as great as I would have liked.
2. Our team is not the WORST at football.
3. That show was… not the best show I’ve ever seen.
4. The band definitely is not as bad as you’d think.
5. As a performer, I’m surely not a pro.
Hyperbole
1) My neighborhood is so old, George Washington was born in the church nearby.
2) My schoolwork is so hard, building a rocket would’ve been easier.
3) My friend is so fast, he outran his shadow.
4) The weather is so hot, you can fry an egg on the street.
5) I would swim across the ocean to meet my favorite team, sentinels.
6) Community is my religion. (community the show)
7) The 88 can play better than the angles in heaven.
Understatement
1) Our school just adds an activity to my agenda.
2) The meal was only a couple dollars at Peter Lugers.
3) Our team only won the NFL.
4) That television show was just something on TV for a decade or 2.
5) The band is not the worst when Michael Jackson’s there.
6) As a performer the crowd is not that intimidating.
Exercise 2:
His use of understatement is in the words- just, calculate, subtract, and only. Only, belittling the large amounts stated; subtract, making it seem like less and less people are affected by a certain thing (poverty); calculate, adding a certain cold indifference as if they are just numbers; and just, also belittling large emotionally impacting subjects like a beggar with kids. His understatement is effective in the idea that it would cause readers to feel pity for these people more and want to help them because the writer seems dismissive to that idea of helping them.
Hyperbole
1. School feels like a cage that I have to wait years to escape from it.
2. Sometimes when my friend plays golf it’s like he’s aiming to hit the sun
3. It’s so hot out that I’m bound to start melting like this ice cream cone.
4. I just love how the Mets play as if my first grade class went to field day.
5. Stranger Things had me focusing too much to blink.
6. This opera singer could shatter every glass window in the city.
Understatement
Exercise #1
1. The meal was only entirely burnt.
2. Our team won the bowling match while scoring with only just all strikes.
3. That television show was so exciting, it had no action.
4. The band is impressive, they missed all their notes.
5. As a performer you would expect to boo the entire crowd.
Exercise #2
Swift uses understatement to make the point he has already given and provided an even more descriptive meaning that still stays alongside what he actually means. I don’t believe he used it as effectively due to him just restating facts that we as the reader already knew.
Hyperbole Exercise 1:
1. My neighborhood is large enough to have our own state vote.
2. The school’s campus is so small it could be mistaken for somebody’s house.
3. Paul was so fast, one had to wonder if he bothered to take his car to work.
4. A Florida summer could make an oven look like a refrigerator.
5. The Knicks are so bad my high school team could give them a run for their money.
6. I would rather watch paint dry than watch soap operas.
7. The orchestra could be heard from across the country at the volume they were playing.
Understatement Exercise 1:
1. Our school spirit was somewhat avid when our basketball team won the state championship.
2. The meal was slightly cold.
3. Our team lost to the opposition by a few points
4. The television show ran a bit long
5. The band is louder than usual.
6. As a performer, hecklers are a bit of an obstacle.
Understatement Exercise 2:
The writer repeatedly uses understatement in various aspects regarding the Irish starvation, and despite this diminishing of the problem, the situation is still really unpleasant. His use of understatement is effective to the utmost degree as I am only more aware about the problem in Ireland during that time because of this excerpt.
Hyperbole
A day in school is like a week.
My friend is so athletic he is basically the whole team.
It’s so hot outside I’m going to melt.
That team is the worst people boo instead of cheer.
This show is the best it should have its own channel.
This group is so bad they pay people to listen to their music.
Understatement
The meal was okay.
Our team is alright.
This Tv show is good.
The band is nice.
The performer was fair.
Exercise 2
Swift uses understatement to show that the town is doing worst that he is actually explaining The condition the town is in is bad,however he tried to come off as comical with understatement but people may take this seriously.
Hyperbole:
2.Many public schools in Queens are so bad that when a Fight breaks out in the hallway, police helicopters start to protrol the area.
3. My friend is go good at soccer that if he kicks a ball it takes off like a rocket
4. It is so hot that I coold cook can egg on the concrete
5. The jets are so fast that the quarterbacks take off like one.
6. Netflix has so much variety that I fall down a black hole.
7. My friend idolizes BTS so much that if they disband she’d cry a river
Understatement 1:
2. The meal was fairly well.
3. Our team worked alright together that is why we won the game.
4. I know the tv show won the Emmys, it was alright.
5. I like K-pop a lot so, BTS is ok to listen to.
6. As an aspiring actor rehearsals can be a
bit time consuming, sometimes I am there from 11am to 8pm.
Understatement 2:
In the passage, Swift uses understatements as a way to belittle or make the reader question the reality of the Subject’s poverty. The condition of poverty
is clearly described but Swift would calculate statistics based the people as if they were small numbers, for example
Swift stated, “I again subtract fifty thousand….There only remain an hundred and twenty thousand children of poor
parents annually born”. The understatement is effective here as it is suceessful in creating ironic effect even
if it may fustrate the reader by belitting a serious situation.
Hyperbole
1. It’s really too crowded at school, I’m about to be squeezed into a sandwich.
2. My friend is so fast at counting that he can finish a problem in the time it takes to blink his eyes.
3. It’s raining so much today that the whole earth is about to be flooded.
4. G2’s monesy’s sniper is as fast as lightning.
5. I was very excited after watching this drama.
6. I’m very happy with this band, even if the band scolds me.
Understatement
1. This meal was not what i expected.
2. Our team try our best to win this game.
3. That television show wasn’t that exciting.
4. The band is trying their best to play this song.
5. As a performer should try to perform as well as thry can every time.
Exercise 2: Swift’s use of understatement to describe something as serious as Irish starvation makes the reader pay more attention to the event in the text, and to a certain extent makes people’s attitude toward the event more serious.
Hyperbole
1. It’s really too crowded at school, I’m about to be squeezed into a sandwich.
2. My friend is so fast at counting that he can finish a problem in the time it takes to blink his eyes.
3. It’s raining so much today that the whole earth is about to be flooded.
4. G2’s monesy’s sniper is as fast as lightning.
5. I was very excited after watching this drama.
6. I’m very happy with this band, even if the band scolds me.
Understatement
1. This meal was not what i expected.
2. Our team try our best to win this game.
3. That television show wasn’t that exciting.
4. The band is trying their best to play this song.
5. As a performer should try to perform as well as thry can every time.
Exercise 2: Swift’s use of understatement to describe something as serious as Irish starvation makes the reader pay more attention to the event in the text, and to a certain extent makes people’s attitude toward the event more serious.
Hyperbole:
1)The annoying voices of students in the school corridors are like in a big factory
2)How often my friend is fast in walking as if you were racing a car
3)Because it’s so hot outside, you can fry an egg on the floor
4) The soccer team kicks a ball up to Mars
5) Turkish soap operas are as boring as the earth is far from the sky
6) Listening to songs enters your imagination world
Understatement:
1)The meal was good
2)Our team won at today game
3)The television show was boring
4)The band was quiet, not like always
5)As a performer I get nervous every time
Exercise 2: Swift’s was explaining how to live in this town without enthusiasm or adding strong elements that represent or explain the strength of his words, so his explanation was very normal, and he was talking about a reality that exists in this town.
Hyperbole:
1. School is so loud it could sound like a stadium
2. The captain from the swimming swims like he’s Michael Phelps.
3. The storm is really strong it will be going to school in a boat
4. My friend really loves stranger things that he shave his head to be 11.
5. My brother sings one song every single day, makes me say you should apply to be a singer.
Understatement:
1. The Food is really delicious and I did expected it
2. My swimming team were “ready’ for the big competition.
3. Discovery Kids was so underrated and people hated so much. (in my opinion its my childhood shows)
4. My teacher knows how to play the piano! and he should be the next mozart.
5. As one of the best swimmers on Queens! I wonder If I got nervous to my competition when they heard I was coming.
Exercise 2: Swift’s was explaining how to live in this town without enthusiasm or adding strong elements that represent or explain the strength of his words, so his explanation was very normal, and he was talking about a reality that exists in this town.
Exercise #1:
Hyperboles
1. School in General
Statement: School is so good at explaining work that it comes out through the other ear.
2. A friends athletic ability
Statement: My friend is so good at throwing a ball that he could have been a QB for the New York Giants.
3. The weather
Statement: New York’s weather is like having a toxic relationship with a female.
4. Your favorite or least favorite team
Statement: The Yankees are so good that they can win the World Series without trying.
5. A television show
Statement: Watching Dragon Ball is like watching a commercial.
6. A musical group
Statement: I love this band so much that I can never go back.
Understatement:
1. The meal was just as I expected.
2. Our team is built to win.
3. The television show was okay, it could have been better though.
4. The band is so quiet that I can sleep all night.
5. As a performer, My voice is great
Exercise #2:
Swift uses understatement to make certain statements sound sarcastic but actually serious at the same time, which makes the reader either question themselves or understand the main point he was trying to get across. Some people might obviously take this seriously and some may not when making these statements in the text.
Hyperboles:
1.School is so boring I age 3 years every time I step foot in it.
2.My friend is so fast he made the flash look slow
3.Someone get New York some medical attention because this weather is so bipolar.
4. I don’t even need to watch my team play since they already won the whole thing.
5. Watching friends is like being taped down to a chair and watching static on a screen.
Understatements:
1.The meal was better than I thought.
2.Our team is trying their hardest.
3.That Television show was alright.
4.The band puts in work to get it right.
5. As a performer I am very good.
Exercise:
I came to the realization that the author uses these types of writing methods to add more emotion and exaggerate. It is also to point out the obvious.
Hyperbole
1. The class was so educative I felt could build a space rocket.
2. He ran so fast I felt I was going back in time.
3. It is so cold I could warm-up in an oven.
4. The Chicago Bears had 11 Avengers squad members on their line-up today
5. The show was so boring I took solace in listening to a frog chorale
6. The Aeolian choristers sing like fairies.
Understatement
1. The meal could still pass for a healthy option
2. At least, our team was not the last on the table
3. The television show still has a fairly good number of spectators
4. The band made a few errors, but the audience were not very intolerant.
5. Just a little ointment and my sore toe will be ready for the next performance
Exercise 2
Swift technically applied the concept of an understatement to communicate a grievously absurd circumstance on a note. Most of the things he wrote in the passage could have been represented as it were, but a touch of rhetorical subtleness was applied to pass the message without an unnecessary lucidity. One of the instances, where understatements were used, is; “although I apprehend there cannot be so many, under the present distresses of the kingdom”. The statement presents a modest assessment of an estimated population of people who could maintain their family responsibility. He used a little pessimism or doubt to suggest that the estimate of that population could be less. This style was replicated in many other instances of the passage.
Exercise 1
Hyperbole:
1. My school was so boring that it felt like a year had passed by every day in there
2. My friend is so strong that he could arm wrestle the hulk
3. It was so cold the second I took off the lid of my coffee that it turned into a block of ice
4. My team’s so good that they only need one player to win
5. The show’s episodes are so long that they feel like a year had gone by
6. Blackpink are like sirens, captivating you with their singing
Understatement:
1. The meal was nice
2. Our team tried their best, they just need more practice
3. That television show had a decent number of viewers per week
4. The band did hit some of their notes
5. As a performer I can sing well
Exercise 2:
Swift’s use of understatement was effective, he pointed out the obvious and the living conditions of the town while making the reader think more deeply about the text
Hyperbole:
1. School is so far away that it takes years to get there
2. My friend Ryan jumps so high that we fear that he may hit his head on the gym’s lights
3. It was so hot that I felt as if I was melting
4. The Lakers are so bad this year that if they were to play against dogs, I would bet on the dogs to win.
5. I’ve been waiting so long for Jujutsu Kaisen season two that I got married and started a family during that time.
6. Foo Fighter’s music is mind-blowing.
Understatement:
1. The Meal was Ok
2. Our team could win some games
3. The TV Show wasn’t the greatest
4. The Band sold a few seats
5. As a performer he did alright
Exercise 2:
Swift’s use of Understatement was effective in portraying his point about the living conditions and population in the town in both a humorous and serious tone.