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The ground is as dry as the desertsimiles
"Give me some. You are a hog."metaphor
The front of the car looked like a frowning face.personification
Jerome Bettis runs like a bus.simile
The river moaned as it ran across the rocks.personifiction
The WCW is dynamite.metaphor
The fire hissed like a cat ready to attack.personification
The sails flapped in the wind making a sound like the cracking of a whip.simile
Moby Dick was a big as an island.simile
Lady held the egg is her mouth as gentle as a mother holding a baby.simile
"I'll be John Brown"slang/dialect
Do you think that you are a Romeo?allusion
John shadow boxed ali-like around the room.allusion
"Finder's keeper's"slang/dialect
"Ahab is Ahab!"metaphor
Lady cleans herself like a cat.simile
"I'll tote it."slang/dialect
"Thar she blows!"slang dialect
"A whale will jump up into the air and explode like a volcano."simile
"Addicus, to put Boo on trial would sort of be like killing a mockingbird."simile


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