| A | B |
| imagery | He wore a heather-gray cashmere sweather. |
| personification | The wind skipped through the valley carrying the leaves in its arms. |
| simile | Your head is hanging like the moon. |
| metaphor | Your head is a hanging moon in the sky. |
| allusion | Five scores years ago in our country . . . |
| alliteration | The sunshine was stunning in the sky. |
| hyperbole | I'd rather have hot pokers shoved in my eye than eat peas. |
| pun | She's the one-eye love. |
| idiom | She wears her heart on her sleeve. |
| onomatopoeia | The door squeaked as it closed. |