| A | B |
|---|
| Walking desks took over the town. | personification |
| Moon dances around my fear. | personification |
| The bear reads my mind. | personification |
| Wind whispers like a tree in the breeze. | personification |
| A rock smiles when people sit and read and lounge on it. | personification |
| Cars dance across the icy road. | personification |
| Elmer Elwood eluded eleven elderly elephants. | alliteration |
| Angela Abigail Applewhite ate anchovies and artichokes. | alliteration |
| Hattie Henderson hated happy healthy hippos. | alliteration |
| Shelly Sherman shivered in a sheer, short, shirt. | alliteration |
| Yolanda Yvonne Yarger yodeled up yonder yesterday. | alliteration |
| Patsy planter plucked plump, purple, plastic plums. | alliteration |
| sizzling | onomatopoeia |
| yelp | onomatopoeia |
| pop | onomatopoeia |
| thud | onomatopoeia |
| slurp | onomatopoeia |
| kerplunk | onomatopoeia |
| money talks | simile |
| The wind moaned and screeched. | simile |
| as hard as nails | simile |
| as dry as a bone | simile |
| He is as quick as a fox. | simile |
| His belly shook like a bowl full of jelly. | simile |
| God is love. | metaphor |
| All the world's a stage. | metaphor |
| Computers are the vehicles of tomorrow | metaphor |
| My father was a bear last night. | metaphor |
| The words were music to her ears. | metaphor |
| The librarian is a beast if you mess up her books. | metaphor |
| gobble | onomatopoeia |
| murmer | onomatopoeia |
| The man was as startled as a deer caught in the headlights of oncoming traffic. | simile |
| The girl was as snug as a bug in a rug. | simile |
| The wind howled. | personification |
| The volcano belched smoke and ash. | personification |
| It was a warm reception. | metaphor |
| Chill out!! | metaphor |
| I saw five fish fly past. | alliteration |
| She picked purple peppers. | alliteration |
| My teacher is so old she edited the Bible for mistakes! | hyperbole |
| My dog is so ugly, I have to tie a pork chop around his neck to get other dogs to play with him! | hyperbole |
| The town where I grew up is so isolated, 'paper, scissors, rock' is considered a high-tech game! | hyperbole |
| I think of you a million times a day | hyperbole |
| It was so cold, even the polar bears were wearing jackets. | hyperbole |
| best friend is so forgetful, I sometimes have to remind her what her name is! | hyperbole |
| It is a windy day. The water’s white with spray. And pretty soon, if this keeps up, The world will blow away. | hyperbole |
| There was a deafening silence in the room. | oxymoron |
| This is an original copy of the United States constitution. | oxymoron |
| Our next-door neighbour's dog is pretty ugly. | oxymoron |
| One medium large coffee please. | oxymoron |
| I had jumbo shrimp for supper. | oxymoron |
| I recently spent money on detergent to unclog my kitchen sink. It was money down the drain. | pun |
| Sir Lancelot once had a very bad dream about his horse. It was a knight mare | pun |
| A dog not only has a fur coat but also pants | pun |
| I work as a baker because I knead dough | pun |
| What is the difference between a conductor and a teacher? | pun |
| Heroes: What a guy in a boat does | pun |
