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Exaggeration poem writing

Exaggeration means claiming something is greater than it really is. For example, if you said “my cat is as big as a house” or “I can run faster than the speed of light,” you would be exaggerating.

To write your own exaggeration poem, you only need to do three things:

1. Pick something to write about.
2. Pick a feature or characteristic of the thing that you are writing about.
3. Exaggerate that characteristic in every way you can think of, making a list as you go.
4. Take your list of ideas and turn them into a poem.

Here are some more tips to help you get started:

• When you write your exaggeration poem, it doesn’t have to rhyme, unless you want it to.
• If you can’t think of a funny ending for your poem, try ending it with the same lines you used at the beginning of the poem.

Good luck writing your own exaggeration poems!

I Ate a Spicy Pepper

I ate a spicy pepper

From my brother on a dare.

The pepper caught my head on fire

And burned off all my hair.

My mouth erupted lava

And my tongue began to melt.

My ears were shooting jets of steam.

At least that’s how they felt.

I ricocheted around the room.

I ran across the ceiling.

I dove right in the freezer

To relieve the burning feeling.

I drank a thousand soda pops

And chewed a ton of ice

To try to stop the scorching

Of that spicy pepper’s spice.

At last, the flames extinguished,

I admitted to my brother,

“That pepper was the best one yet.

May I please have another?”

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Scared Black Panther

I saw a scared black panther

Dashing through the jungle

It had seen a giant queen ant

It was really fungal

What is happening now

The panther crept up on a mouse

And leapt onto its back

Then it slide right off his nose

Whoops, look out smack

It swung into a tree

It fell down with a ker thud

Straight into a deadly snake pit

Panther used his karate skills

And knocked them out in one hit

He clambered out slowly

Poor panther was weary now

He struggled over to a tree

Thinking to himself

I’d love a cup of tea

Until a ferocious spider bit him on the knee

With his tail between his legs

He sprints for his dark and gloomy cave

His mummy meets him at the entrance

Here is a cup of tea for you Dave

It looks like you have had a hard day