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Personification The water tried to kill him
Personification The plane rolled to the right and blew through the trees
Personification The sound was coming for him
Onomatopoeia the thoughts flashed and slammed and buzzed in Brian's head.
Onomatopoeia Brian can still remember the thumps and bangs that he experienced while crashing.
Onomatopoeia Whizz! The mosquitoes were flying by Brian's head.
Simile The memory was like a knife cutting into him
Simile The plane ....... fell into the wide place like a stone
Metaphor The stone ledge is a home to Brian.
Metaphor his face was on fire
Metaphor ..... across part of the forest, a green carpet ...
Hyperbole Besides, he probably swallowed a ton of it while he was swimming out of the plane and getting to shore
Repetition Going to die, Brian thought. Going to die. Gonna die, gonna die ... his whole brain screamed it
Alliteration Brian loves the beautiful, bounteous berries
Hyperbole It was as if all the berries, all of the pits, had exploded in the center of him, ripped and tore at him.
Symbolism The mosquitoes could be seen as a symbol for Brian's problem constantly nagging at him
Alliteration He closed his eyes and slept, dreamless, deep and down
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