1. Semantic Devices
By: Andie Martin

2. Metaphor
• My dream became crushed as he told me the
news.

3. Simile
• That wrestler is as strong as a bull.

4. Personification
• The woman didn’t even know the huge
opportunity waiting at her doorstep.

5. Hyperbole
• I was up to my knees in homework.

6. Oxymoron
• When my mom cuts the chocolate bar in half,
I tell her that I always get the bigger half.

7. Alliteration
• The talented toad tipped the teacup towards
the tabby.

8. Irony
• I used to be indecisive; now I am just not sure.

9. Pun
• What time is it? Time for you to get a watch.