Question

which literary element is the phrase \thoughts that ran around in a circle like squirrels in a cage\ (159)?
flashback
personification
alliteration
metaphor
allusion
simile
idiom
imagery
foreshadowing
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what literary element is represented below?
\that hundred guineas was just mr. owens little bit of cheese to get me into the trap along with the rest of you\ (117).
imagery
flashback
idiom
allusion
simile
personification
foreshadowing
metaphor
alliteration

Explanation:

• A simile is a figure of speech that directly compares two different things using the words "like" or "as". In the phrase "thoughts that ran around in a circle like squirrels in a cage", the word "like" is used to compare "thoughts" to "squirrels in a cage", which is the characteristic of a simile.
• A metaphor is a figure of speech that makes an implicit, implied, or hidden comparison between two things that are unrelated but share some common characteristics. In the sentence "That hundred guineas was just Mr. Owen's little bit of cheese to get me into the trap along with the rest of you", "hundred guineas" is compared to "cheese" (luring into a trap), and this is a metaphor as it doesn't use "like" or "as".

Answer:

For the first question: simile
For the second question: metaphor