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This elephant is like a snake as anybody can see. （simile） He looked as if he had just stepped out of my book of fairytales and had passed me like a spirit. (simile) It has long leaves that sway in the wind like slim fingers reaching to touch something. (simile) He jumped back as if he had been stung, and the blood rushed sintoshis wrinkled face. (simile) The cheque fluttered to the floor like a bird with a broken wing. (simile) German guns and German planes rained down bombs, shells and bullets. (metaphor) Nothing. No tracks but my own are stitched into the dusting of fresh snow, white as birch bark that fell during the night. No flittering shadows in the trees, not a sliver of bird song in the air.?(metaphor) Strawberries flooded the market and prices dropped down.?(metaphor) I suddenly came upon a wall of feeding elephants.(metaphor) The diamond department was the heart and center of the store. (metaphor) She may have tens of thousand of babies in one summer. (personification) ... four evergreen shrubs stood at each corner, swheres they struggled to survive the dust and fumes from a busy main road. (personification) But the houses were cold, closed, unfriendly. (personification) My only worry was that January would find me hunting for a job again. (personification) My blood froze. (hyperbole) When I told our father about this, his heart burst. (hyperbole) My heart almost stopped beating when I heard my daughter’s voice on the phone. (hyperbole) Vingo sat stunned, looking at the oak tree. It was covered with yellow handkerchiefs—20 of them, 30 of them, maybe hundreds. (hyperbole) She gave me the impression of shavings more teeth, white and large and even, than were necessary for any practical purpose. (hyperbole) We are none of us getting any younger. (understatement) Last week I saw a woman flayed, and you will hardly believe how much it altered her person for the worse. (understatement) …there was a loud cry from a number of voices, and the horses reared and plu