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  • His hands were bark, turned to pine trees from farm work.
    metaphor
  • The shells from the shore shone bright above the shadow
    alliteration
  • The wind was loud like a jet engine
    simile, imagery
  • What can lions symbolize?
    pride, strength, masculinity, etc.
  • When I walked into the house, I smelled first banana bread and second lavender.
    imagery
  • The room was bare, no windows, no furniture. Just walls of white and cracked concrete.
    imagery
  • The dead trees reached up to the sky, gasping for a drop of rain.
    personification
  • The corrupted core of kicking crypts.
    alliteration
  • When he laughed, his face turned red like a cherry.
    simile, imagery
  • What can ravens symbolize?
    Death, decay, intelligence, coming danger, etc.
  • What can the color yellow symbollize?
    happiness, joy, day, spring, life, richness, etc.
  • The cat in the hat
    rhyme