Figurative language in "tuck everlasting"

Simile

• "... this weary old earth, owned or not to the core, trembled on its axis like a beetle on a pin."
• This signifies that the earth would have shook vigorously.

Metaphor

• "The sun was dropping fast now, a soft red sliding egg yolk..."
• Here the author describes the sunset.

Hyperbole

• "the trees along the bank were slowly losing their dimensions..."
• This shows that in the dusk, all you can see of the trees is their silhouettes.

Alliteration

• "Straddling the bouncing back of the horse ..."
• It describes how Winnie was riding the horse.

Personification

• "The air fairly hummed with their daybreak activity..."
• This shows that the air was full of noises that gave it a humming quality.