| A | B |
|---|
| I followed Jerry back to the room where all the boys' beds were jim-jammed together. | alliteration |
| The caseworkers came in and tap-tap-tapped down the line. | onomatopoeia |
| Her high-heeled shoes sounding like little fire-crackers going off on the wooden floor | simile |
| Jerry looked like he'd just found out they were going to dip him in a pot of boiling milk. | simile |
| They'll knock you right down and have you seeing stars in the middle of the day. | idiom |
| stupid as a lamppost | simile |
| Dusky Devastators of the Depression | alliteration |
| Ga-ga-goo-goo | alliteration |
| The thunder roared. | personification |
| The lightning lashed. | personification |
| The workers bent over backward to help the unhappy customer. | idiom |
| It felt like the whole world was staring at me! | hyperbole |
| The world is a stage. | metaphor |
| She is a silly goose! | metaphor |
