Personification: the silent darkness whispered rush, rush, rush, the air screamed, hurry, hurry, hurry., the sea gulls... calling in one great chorus, as if they were glad to see us., Simile: my father plucked me up like a weed, as strong as an ox, all jammed together like a row of birdhouses, the story of Phoebe was like the plaster wall in our old house, trouble just naturally followed them like a filly trailing behind a mare, like a walloping great thundercloud assembling around me, I am as ornery and stubborn as an old donkey, it looks as if we tried to squeeze all the animals into the chicken coop, Christy and Megan... jumped up and down like parched peas, her hair as yellow as a crow's foot curled in short ringlets., people were acting as if I had singlehandedly taken on a fire-breathing dragon., Metaphor: Don't be a goose!, her own spine was not made of steel, A person isn't a bird. You can't cage a person., we'll all have to float on this raft together tonight., We're gonna eat up Montana, Might be these dang snakes," he said. (referring to hoses in the car engine), a little creature was crawling up my spine., her wild red witch hair flying all over the place., you can't keep the birds of sadness from flying over your head, Idioms: dancing on a hot griddle , Gram couldn't read maps worth a hill of beans, My father says I lean on broken reeds, There was certainly a hog's belly full of things to tell about her, You could have knocked me over with a chicken feather, I thought he might have a few squirrels in the attic of his brain, ...putting cars out to pasture., Sal, you're trying to catch fish in the air., I believe I see a damsel in some distress,

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