1. Simile:
- "'He's a-going off, like a fiddle-case with a crack in it.'"
2. Metaphor:
- "The Jew's business was a very good business as it happened, and a thriving business too."
3. Personification:
- "The streets were dry and dusty; the sun was burning down as if it had lost its way."
4. Hyperbole:
- "He worked in the kitchen at a quarter before five every morning, till half-past nine or so."
5. Alliteration:
- "She was a fat, flabby, elderly woman."
6. Oxymoron:
- "There is no such thing in nature as a child who is always good."
7. Euphemism:
- "'She's dropped off,' said Mr. Bumble." (meaning she died.)
8. Idiom:
- "'He's got the wrong sow by the ear,' replied Mr. Sowerberry."
9. Irony:
- "'I shall tell that to my friends and make them drink my health with laughter.'"
10. Pun:
- "'Now, what the devil have you got to do with it?' inquired the angry gentleman."