| A | B |
|---|
| The locomotive was hissing and spitting coal-black smoke into the sky. | PERSONIFICATION |
| We’ve got to hit the road in a bit, better hurry up and get some food in your belly. | IDIOM |
| We looked out from behind a tree and saw that a big wind or even two or three big wolves huffing and puffing real hard could blow Hooverville into the next county | ALLUSION |
| A gigantic smile split my face in half. | HYPERBOLE |
| In her eyes, Todd’s mouth was a prayer book. | METAPHOR |
| The poor kids were on the road, all alone like dust in the wind | SIMILE |
| While the rest of the band was being a storm, Miss Thomas was the sun bursting through the thick, gray clouds | METAPHOR |
| You’re going to have to pull your weight around here | IDIOM |
| Bud, it’s very important that we know, how did your momma pass? | EUPHAMISM |
| Those weren’t pancakes your daughter served me, they were paincakes! | PUN |
| My daughter’s cooking was so bad that her fried chicken was known to have turned a chicken hawk into a vegetarian | HYPERBOLE |
| If the FBI saw me now, I'd be in some real serious hot water! | IDIOM |
| My stomach got ready to hear about Miss Hill biting the dust. | IDIOM |
| I was a trapped as a roach under a dishrag! | SIMILE |
| We're all in the same boat. | IDIOM |
| The only thing I could see was the moon like a big egg yolk up in the sky. | SIMILE |
| You are not the sharpest knife in the drawer! | IDIOM |
