| Example | Poetic Device |
| I stood still to hear the sound of feet? | |
| I'm doing a million things right now? | |
| She's as stubborn as a mule? | |
| This class is a three-ring circus? | |
| These books weigh a ton? | |
| He clasps the crag with crooked hands? | |
| The sun's rays were flames against my skin? | |
| The daffodils nodded their yellow heads in the breeze? | |
| There's a frog in my throat? | |
| Snap! Crackle! Pop? | |
| Mother was as busy as a bee? | |
| The snowflakes danced to the ground? | |
| The students are going bananas? | |
| I'm so tired, I could sleep for a year? | |
| I'm so humiliated, I could die? | |