Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Semantic Devices


 Author's Note: This piece was for an assignment and I had a lot of fun with it!! The people at my table helped me and we joked around with it also. Hope you enjoy!!!!!

Alliteration: Sally sat by the seashore on Sunday.

Hyperbole: My books felt like bricks in my back-pack.

Similes: He was as fast as a cheetah when running at track.

Oxymoron: The boy was found missing.

Metaphor: The witch was slier than a fox.

Personification: The mud was gripping to my shoe for dear life.

Pun: That was punier than a pun.

Irony: The rock was softer than sandpaper, bark, and charcoal.

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