Like when a president is assassinated.' Pronoun 'I care,' I tell her. You're spending so much time wrapping your mind around the problem, you don't realize what you need to do until the window to do it has closed.' Simile 'Everyone's going to remember where they were when the taps went dry, I think. It's not quite denial, and not quite shock, but more like a mental free fall. So what happens when you're just another thirsty soul in sea of water-zombies? You become one.' Simile '(W)hen something drastic happens, there's a lag time. Jargon It's like you slip out of your normal self-and it makes you feel different. It's called 'deindividuation.' It's the kind of thing that happens when a cop puts on a uniform, or when you wear a pair of sunglasses so people can't quite see your eyes.

They're painfully, unforgivably human.' Adverbs 'There's this thing that happens with a mob. Adjectives 'As a kid you idolize your parents.'.'But there's that moment when you realize they're not superheroes, or villains. And the look in their eyes is almost rabid. The corners of their mouths are white with dried spit. Their skin is thin and almost leprous gray. Not just dry but parched and chapped to the point of bleeding. Personification Only now do I see how dry his lips are. Simile Tomorrow is going to have to take care of itself for a while,' Alyssa says. The best you can do is sweet it up, and hope you don't step on the slivers you left behind.

Contrast The worst part about doing something inexcusable is that you can never take it back. ometimes doing the right thing means doing the wrong thing first.

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