1. simile: comparison of the street to a slow moving river.
2. metaphor: (We gradually create our identity "petal by petal")
3. personification: Wilted flowers (hugs the floor because it's bent)
4. idiom/metaphor (Common expression and implicit comparison to a dog without using "like" or "as.") Means that she yells a lot but isn't harmful.
5. hyperbole: "endless praise" is not possible, but it helps characterize the narrator as selfless.
