| A | B | 
| onomatopoeia | The bee buzzed. | 
| hyperbole | She cried an ocean of tears. | 
| alliteration | Sneaky snakes slide silently. | 
| cliché | I've told you this story a million times. | 
| simile | Her eyes were shining like stars. | 
| idiom | Time flies when you're having fun. | 
| oxymoron | She ate a jumbo shrimp. | 
| personification | The wind stood up and gave a shout. | 
| metaphor | The teacher was a monster! | 
| imagery | He was too sleep even to be surprised that the people in the portraits along the corridors whispered and pointed. |