"As I set out, I hatched unreasonable fears in my mind."
Grandfather was fresh as a daisy ... at breakfast next morning.
Black clouds of hungry mosquitoes swarm the village at sunrise ...
"Each creature made my heart jump. ...every movement was a scary animal about to strike and kill me."
They also eat ... cassava, which is like a potato.
"The minister managed to muster up a quiet burp. I was stunned into silence for the rest of the night."
"The house smells of damp wood and caramel-sweet bananas."
“Awp,” he said, in the low, hopeless tone of a despondent beagle.
Metaphor "The Night the Ghost Got In"
Metaphor "Walking For My Life"
Sensory Detail (scent)
Sensory Detail (sight)
Simile "Judica's Jungle"
Hyperbole "Fish Cheeks"
Simile "The Night the Ghost Got In"
Hyperbole "Walking for My Life"
