| A | B |
|---|
| metaphors | "The stream's a snake." |
| simile | "She dances like a princess." |
| hyperbole | "My date last night was the most beautiful girl in the world." |
| litotes | Bill Gates is rather well-off |
| personification | "The fog crept in on little cat feet." |
| allusion | "My boyfriend dances like King Kong." |
| synecdoche | "Have you got your wheels, man?" |
| conceit | "My compass love for you is true." |
| paradox | "A little learning is a dangerous thing." |
| antithesis | "Wretches hang that jury-men may dine." |
| apostrophe | "Goodbye, cruel world." |
| metonymy | "The White House has responded to the criticism." |
| oxymoron | "Jumbo shrimp" |
| parallelism | "When I heard the Learn'd Astronomer,/ When the proofs, the figures were ranged before me." |
