| A | B |
| cream of the crop | idiom |
| pulling my leg | idiom |
| butterflies in my stomach | idiom |
| go jump in the lake | idiom |
| sizzle | onomatopoeia |
| crackle | onomatopoeia |
| gulp | onomatopoeia |
| stars, sun and sky | alliteration |
| dangling dangerous dagger | alliteration |
| his solemn silence | alliteration |
| the shot heard round the world | hyperbole |
| with tears you can melt iron | hyperbole |
| killall the trout would jump into his pocket when he walked by the stream | hyperbole |
| flowers danced in the breeze | personification |
| thunder screamed at the people | personification |
| mouth of the cave called to us | personification |
| all the world's a stage | metaphor |
| we are caterpillars born to form | metaphor |
| life is a broken-winged bird | metaphor |
| eyes like burning anthracite | simile |
| mouth like a mastiff | simile |
| the boat floated home | assonance |
| fat cats sat on the mat | assonance |