Literary devices

The message was burned into his brain.

The leaves plucked at his clothes like in Disney movies when trees and bushes come to life.

Fast, furious friends found fabulous french fries at Fuddrucker's.  Figurative language is...

The circles going out were like circles on a radar screen warning of danger

His earliest memory of his father was of his not being serious.

He was breathing in and out like an athlete

It seemed that anonymous letters actually weigh more than normal letters

She was Sleeping Beauty curled up on her bed.

I was so hungry, I would have eaten the paint from the walls.

The sound of the voice left him with that paralyzed dread of the prey for the enemy.

That man is a mountain.

He had a windup like a baseball pitcher.

The bushes grabbed him and held him hostage.

There was nothing to indicate danger

The letter, too heavy to hold, dropped to the floor

Splat!  The bird hit the window.

started staring at them

He had received his first anonymous letter five years ago when only in first grade.

He is as tall as a mountain.

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