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Linguistic Humor and Language Play

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By George, there are so many literary devices illustrated here! Help your pupils create interest in their writing by presenting one or two of these literary devices at a time. The slides contain examples and beg participation from the audience, but some of the examples included will surely be over their heads. Prepare some of your own, just in case. 

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oxymoron, figures of speech, allusions, literary devices, personification, figurative language, puns

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allusion, literary devices, personification, puns, antithesis, metonymy, oxymoron, synecdoche, chiasmus, eponymy, zeugma, english language arts
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11th - Higher Ed
Subjects
English Language Arts
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