| A | B |
| pun | I could not quite remember how to throw a boomerang, but eventually it came back to me |
| hyperbole | Here once the embattled farmers stood, and fired the shot heard all around the world |
| metaphor | I am a rainbow |
| simile | She is like a princess |
| onomatopeia | Splash! |
| idiom | A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush |
| personification | The cat smiled at me |
| foreshadowing | He felt something was not quite right |
| alliteration | Come…dragging the lazy languid Line along |
| allusion | He felt like David against Goliath |
| irony | Despite the heat, he had goose bumps |