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1.
simile:
1)
P1 … all at once, the scene breaks out before you with
the theatricality of a curtain lifted from a stage.
2) P1 … and beyond this one glimpses the outlines of other,
loftier peaks, usually with their tops neatly cut off
by a bank of heavy cloud.
3) P14 They were as indefatigable as the gorilla himself,
and like all highly-trained trackers they appeared to
feel their way through the bush …
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2.
metaphor:
1)
P2 … that area, the temperate and sub-alpine zone, has
become the refuge of one of the rarest of all wild animals
in Africa, the mountain gorilla.
2) P 12 We came over the crest of the mountains and followed
the sweep of the eagles far down into the valley below,
to the …
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3.
analogy:
1)
P4 The Abominable Snowman who haunts the imagination of
climbers in the Himalayas is hardly more elusive.
2) P11 It was not that we expected to see a gorilla any
more than an amateur deep-sea fisherman will count on
hooking a marlin or a sailfish at his first attempt; …
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4.
litotes:
1)
P 12 Mr. Baumgartel was not unoptimistic.
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