| Example | Term |
| First person, third person limited, third person omniscient, third person objective | |
| Scary Movie, Weird Al Yankovic | |
| 'The final game was John's Waterloo.', 'Harriet Tubman was called the Moses of her time.' | |
| 'The wind whispered through the trees.' | |
| 'The old lady looked like she was as old as a dinosaur' | |
| 'The Haitian earthquake wasn't that big of a deal.' | |
| Savage (Brave New World), Marlow (Heart of Darkness) | |
| 'He ate like a horse' | |
| 'Sarah started soccer Saturday.' | |
| Willy (Death of a Salesman), Linda (Brave New World) | |
| | Example | Term |
| Romeo & Juliet, Death of a Salesman | |
| Pop vs. Soda | |
| Simile, metaphor, oxymoron, personification, etc. | |
| 'Are you stupid or something?' | |
| 'Malcolm is smart.' | |
| A Modest Proposal, Stephen Colbert | |
| Jumbo shrimp, living dead | |
| 'Malcolm achieved the impressive score of 36 on his ACT.' | |
| 'The woods are burning!' | |
| Darth Vader, the Joker, Sauron | |
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