| A | B |
| The ground is as dry as the desert | similes |
| "Give me some. You are a hog." | metaphor |
| The front of the car looked like a frowning face. | personification |
| Jerome Bettis runs like a bus. | simile |
| The river moaned as it ran across the rocks. | personifiction |
| The WCW is dynamite. | metaphor |
| The fire hissed like a cat ready to attack. | personification |
| The sails flapped in the wind making a sound like the cracking of a whip. | simile |
| Moby Dick was a big as an island. | simile |
| Lady held the egg is her mouth as gentle as a mother holding a baby. | simile |
| "I'll be John Brown" | slang/dialect |
| Do you think that you are a Romeo? | allusion |
| John shadow boxed ali-like around the room. | allusion |
| "Finder's keeper's" | slang/dialect |
| "Ahab is Ahab!" | metaphor |
| Lady cleans herself like a cat. | simile |
| "I'll tote it." | slang/dialect |
| "Thar she blows!" | slang dialect |
| "A whale will jump up into the air and explode like a volcano." | simile |
| "Addicus, to put Boo on trial would sort of be like killing a mockingbird." | simile |