| Example | Type of Figurative Language |
| The afternoon sun emptied down invisible arrows. | |
| At midday the sun was an angry eye. | |
| He noticed how the folds of his shirt were stiff like cardboard. | |
| The rock was as large as a small motor car. | |
| 'The ululation rose behind him and spread along, a series of short sharp cries, the slighting call' | |
| 'Bong!' 'Doink!' | |
| 'The boys collect a mound of dead wood'. | |
| His ordinary voice sounded like a whisper after the harsh note of the conch. | |
| His face puckered, the tears leapt from his eyes. | |
| Ralph paddled backwards, immersed his mouth and blew a jet of water into the air. | |