| A | B |
| The baby was like an octopus, grabbing all the cans on the grocery store shelf. | Simile |
| Bertha Bartholomew blew big, blue bubbles. | Alliteration |
| The giant's steps were thunder as he ran toward Jack. | onomatopoeia |
| Those girls are like two peas in a pod! | idiom |
| The fluorescent light was the sun during our test. | metaphor |
| Ted was as nervous as a cat with a long tail in a room full of rocking chairs. | Simile |
| I could sleep for a year. | Hyperbole |
| She's said so on several million occasions. | Hyperbole |
| Greta Gruber grabbed a group of green grapes. | Alliteration |
| The snow whispered as it fell to the ground during the early morning hours. | Personification |
| It rained cats and dogs and ruined our parade. | Idiom |
| I used to be twins. My mother has a picture of me when I was two. | Pun |
| Her cheeks were red roses. | Metaphor |
| The fire crackles though out the evening. | Onomatopoeia |
| A brave hansome tree fell with a creaking rending cry. | Personification |