Figurative Language: The Color of My Words

Is this an example of metaphor, simile, or personification:

"Sometimes Mami’s words are a puzzle." Pg. 5

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Is this an example of metaphor, simile, or personification:

"Far off in Puerto Plata, I could see Mount Isabel de Torres, a green giant with misty white curls dancing ‘round her head." p. 27

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Is this an example of metaphor, simile, or personification:

"I could see the river, meandering over rocks, hungry for rain." p. 27

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Is this an example of metaphor, simile, or personification:

"Our radios are perched like black birds on our porches to warn passersby that someone is at home and to pick up your feet." p. 27

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Is this an example of metaphor, simile, or personification:

"He dances like the wind." P. 48

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Is this an example of metaphor, simile, or personification:

"He was the blue moon shimmering in the night sky." P. 49

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Is this an example of metaphor, simile, or personification:

"Angel’s dark eyes and his long black eyelashes rested themselves like butterflies on my sister and that was that." P. 71

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Is this an example of metaphor, simile, or personification:

"I sat very still, feeling Guario’s words touch me like cold rain." P. 74

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Is this an example of metaphor, simile, or personification:

"He stood as still as the leaves before a rainstorm." p. 86

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Is this an example of metaphor, simile, or personification:

"For five minutes, the words fell around me in places I couldn’t reach." p. 86

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