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1.personification
1) P1 We drove first
to … , along an uncompromising track that led directly
upwards to the saddle between Muhavura and Mgahinga.
2) P2 A vast cloud,
shot through with sunlight, was tearing off the crest
of Muhavura.
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2.
parallelism
1) P2 The bamboo here had
thinned out a little, and on the heights of the two mountains
above we could see the curious productions of the alpine
zones, giant heather, giant groundsel and giant lobelias.
2) P11 He was the most distinguished
and splendid animal I ever saw and I had only one desire
at that moment: to go forward towards him, to meet him
and to know him: to communicate.
3) P11 If the lion roars, if you
get too close to an elephant and he fans out his ears,
if the rhinoceros lowers his head and turns in your direction,
you have, if you are unarmed and even sometimes if you
are, just one impulse and that is to run away.
4) P14 … I rate this as the most
exciting encounter that has come my way; and I remember
how, no longer any need for silence, the guides with their
pangas slashed a path for us to return through the bush,
and how they grinned and were pleased because we were
pleased, and how I went down the mountain like a young
gazelle in two hours straight, never a touch of fatigue,
never a thought for my blistered feet after such a happy
day.
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3.metaphor
1) P5 By midday we had passed
the ten thousand foot mark, but I am not really able to
recall the incidents of these hours, for red lights had
long since begun to dance in front of my eyes and …
2) P8 After twenty minutes my
legs had turned to water again and against the evident
displeasure of the guides I demanded lunch.
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4.hyperbole
1) P5 I had an impulse
to climb up and try one of those springy beds, but that
would have meant using up more energy when I had none
to spare, …
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5.
simile
1) P10 It closed around
one with a thick palpable drug-like heaviness, almost
as if one’s ears were stuffed with cotton wool or one’s
sense of hearing had suddenly failed; …
2) P14 … and how I went
down the mountain like a young gazelle in two hours straight,
…
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