| A | B |
|---|
| analogies | up is to down as black is to white |
| euphemism | saying sanitation engineer instead of garbage man; or passed away instead of died |
| hyperbole | I died laughing; I am so hungry I could eat a cow |
| oxymoron | sweet sorrow; jumbo shrimp; pretty ugly |
| paradox | deep down he is really very shallow; nobody goes to that restaurant - it's too crowded |
| personification | money talks; trees wave; actions speak louder than words |
| metaphor | He is such a pig; all the world's a stage |
| simile | you're acting like a baby; he came into the room like a tornado |
| onomatopoeia | buzz, boom, pop, ruff ruff |
| alliteration | Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers |
