| A | B |
| METAPHOR | Life is a highway. |
| SIMILE | Our love is like a roller coaster. |
| PERSONIFICATION | Your hair is lazy. It doesn't obey hairbands or barrettes. |
| HYPERBOLE | I would walk 500 miles to see you. |
| ALLITERATION | Slowly, silently, they sink into sleep. |
| IRONY | You say "Good job" when it was awful. |
| UNDERSTATEMENT | When you work hard and someone compliments you, you say, "It was nothing." |
| CONSONANCE | The string was strong and she sang. |
| ASSONANCE | The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plains. |