Literary devices

"He is as brave as a lion." - SIMILE?

Go slow over the road. 

Her light laughter lifted his soul.

The storm clouds angrily gathered overhead.

I’m having a tooth pulled out tomorrow – a pleasant prospect!

The future seemed to them like a giant wave.

"The Indians were overwhelmed by the increasing tide of pioneers and settlers." - IRONY?

The countess (Gräfin) sailed across the room.

"Blankets and mattresses hung like tongues from the windows." - IRONY?

.... is something in which people say the opposite of what they mean to mock someone, show irritation, or be humorous.

... is a literary device that involves using a word or phrase for effect, two or more times in a speech or written work.

"You've been sooo helpful." Is this an example of sarcasm?

“Isn’t war simply horrible?”

The massacres of the Indians have colored the history of the West an indelible (unauslöschlich) red.