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OpenStudy (tanya123):

!!! One Medal Question !!!

OpenStudy (tanya123):

Write an example of poetic 'apostrophe.' -> addressing the dead as if they were living, addressing non-living objects as if they could understand, or the absent as if they were present. - Write an example of 'onomatopoeia.' -> using a word to represent a sound.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

wha?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Oh.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Oh wee, sleekit, timous mousie, don't start away so hasty with bickering brattle, I would be loathe to run a chase thee with murdering pattle (APOSTROPHE) Bang! I hit the floor. (onomatopoeia)

OpenStudy (tanya123):

Great , ok how about -> Write an example of 'hyperbole.' Write an example of 'oxymoron.'

OpenStudy (anonymous):

The mouse has gone, but Robert Burns speaks his poem as if the mouse were still there and could understand his apology for overturning his nest with his plough.

OpenStudy (tanya123):

Hyperbole - extreme exaggeration Oxymoron - two contradictory terms used together to form a vivid image

OpenStudy (anonymous):

It was the shot heard around the world (of a baseball during the Chicago World series--hyperbole) I had the most amazing weekeand! You will never believe it! (Hyperbole)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Jumbo shrimp (oxymoron) Military intelligence (oxymoron)

OpenStudy (tanya123):

Thank you four for four question !!!

OpenStudy (anonymous):

My pleasure! I like these kinds of questions.

OpenStudy (tanya123):

=) yea I know your an English teacher am I right? btw interesting picture ! @bokomaru

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Yes, I am. The session hasn't started yet, so I'm just sitting around waiting for things to start up again. I had that picture taken of me in Vietnam while on vacation.

OpenStudy (tanya123):

Oh great ! well that's good for me maybe can use your great help sometime lol...

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