| A | B |
| Visual image | picture of a starving deer |
| personification | her cries pierced my heart |
| onomatopoeia | SHAZAAM!! |
| simile | notes drifted like clouds in the air |
| metaphor | Cindy is such a mule! |
| rhyme | blink, think, mink |
| hyperbole | a whale-sized perch |
| alliteration | writing in a wooden and warped canoo |
| assonance | the painter rained red to stain |
| auditory image | the sound of a whimpering child |
| theme | unrequited love |
| tactile image | my eyes felt like sandpaper |
| speaker | the guiding voice of a poem |