Friday, May 11, 2012

Semantic Devices

Metaphor- The typical teenage boys’ room is a disaster area   

Simile- Cute as a kitten

Personification- That tree was waving to me

Hyperbole- His brain is the size of a pea

Puns- That’s pretty punny

Oxymoron- Almost big

Irony- Someone got run over by an ambulance?

Alliteration-Sally sells seashells down by the seashore

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