Kelly and Ashley(The most fantabulous peop le in the un iverse)

Personification, Oxymorons, Hyperboles, and Stingrays.

-Personification is when you give feelings and characteristics of living things to non-living things.

Examples:“The couch sat gloomily in the middle of the living room.”“The leaves danced in the breeze under the moonlight.”“The computer greeted the tech nerds with a happy buzz.”“I saw the sweater in the store, and it shouted ‘Buy Me!’”“The stingray talked to the ocean floor.”

What is Personification?

-An oxymoron is an expression that uses two antonyms together to create emphasis.

Examples:“The blobfish was pretty ugly.”“The girl sat all alone on the swing set.”“We drove to the McDonalds drive-thru to get some gourmet fast-food.”“The boy was still moving when the music ended.”“The stingray likes to eat jumbo shrimp.”

What is an Oxymoron?

-A hyperbole is an outlandish exaggeration used for effect.

Examples:“I use hyperboles SOOOOOO much, my mom doesn’t believe a word I say!”“Melanie is SOOOOOOO funny, she makes Jack Black seem like a sad businessman!”“Our class is SOOOOOO ‘advanced’ in everyday skills, we make Kindergarteners seem like geniuses!”“I’m SOOOOOOO bored, I think I’m gonna die!”“The stingray was SOOOOOOOOO graceful, itmade the ballerina seem like an elephant.”

What is a Hyperbole?

1) What is personification? A. An outlandish exaggeration used for effect.B. When you give feelings and characteristics of living things to non-living things.C. An expression that uses two antonyms together to create emphasis.

2) Which of these is NOT an oxymoron? A. Previous HistoryB. The Living DeadC. Halfway Done

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3) Come up with your own hyperbole about stingrays!

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