| A | B |
| personification | the bus crawled along the busy street |
| simile | My face was as red as a fox's tail. |
| metaphor | The bright morning sun was a welcome sight. |
| hyperbole | I had to answer to a thousand questions from my sister. |
| personification | Hunger drove them to madness. |
| simile | He swims like a fish. |
| metaphor | experience is the best teacher |
| hyperbole | I never make mistakes. |
| onomatopoeia | The cat hissed when it saw the dog. |
| alliteration | Lovely Linda leaves late. |
| idiom | It's raining cats and dogs |
| irony | The firestation burned to the ground. |