Literary devices

The dark night seemed to whisper its secrets to the forest people.

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

I’m so hungry I could eat a horse.

• Hyperbole

• Oxymoron

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Personification

There was a deafening silence in the crowd.

• Paradox

• Onomatopoeia

• Oxymoron

• Personification

Ann is a walking encyclopedia.

• Pun

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

The darkness was filled with a cold so bitter it seemed to freeze the air.

• Imagery

• Oxymoron

• Metaphor

• Simile

The darkness was filled with a cold so bitter it seemed to freeze the air.

The cactus saluted those who drove past.

Peter picked a peck of pickled peppers.

You look awfully pretty in that coat.

A bycicle can't stand on it's own beacuse it's two-tired.