Literary Devices
Explain the following sentence:
... mom was cooking downstairs, it smelled so delicious I started salivating like a dog!
Simile
Like / comparing to explain
i didn't like that film, I cannot watch it again.
i didn't
I didn't
Explain the following sentence:
Try to take things slowly; do not run.
Alliteration
T T T T sound repetition
I didn't saw the icon, so I couldn't find the app.
didn't saw = didn't see
Explain the following sentence:
It was such a cloudy morning; the clouds raced through the sky.
Racing / humans do
Your dog is so cute; it's biting it's toy... quick, take a picture!
it's biting = it is biting
its toy = his toy
DOUBLE POINTS!
What does the next sentence say?
What were you wearing when you wept weary of your woe?
Wept = crying
Weary = tired
Woe = sadness, pain
Explain the following sentence:
What did a Buffalo tell to his son when he was leaving for work?
Bison !
Pun
Bison = Bye son / Word game
I think I prefer having a motorcycle then a car; motorcycles save gas and are cool, you can keep your car, Dad.
Then = sequence
Than = pereference
DOUBLE POINTS!
Is the following sentence correct? Explain
The nightmares he had had had had no side effects on his sleeping.
Correct!
The lines he had drawn, had formed a beautiful painting
DOUBLE POINTS = TWO DEVICES !
Explain the following sentence:
I was sleeping peacefully like a baby and then a phone ring woke me up
Simile
Like a baby / comparing
Onomatopoeia
Phone ringing / the sound a phone makes
Double Points !
At the museum, we saw the statues of two pigs, Washington and Lincoln.
Were the two pigs called Washington and Lincoln?
At the museum, we saw the statues of two pigs, Washington, and Lincoln.