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"...and then [the breeze] rippled over the wine-colored rug, making a shadow on it as wind does on the sea" (The Great Gatby by F. Scott...

When Nick first steps into the home of Tom and Daisy Buchanan, he describes the scenery in incredible detail.  In part, he says, "A breeze blew through the room, blew curtains in at one end and out the other like pale flags, twisting them up toward the frosted wedding-cake of the ceiling, and then rippled over the wine-colored rug, making a shadow on it as the wind does on the sea."  In these lines, he compares the rippling curtains to pale flags flapping and twisting in the breeze via a simile (one clue is that he uses the word like).  He also compares the ceiling to a frosted wedding cake via a metaphor, probably because the ceiling is so intricately designed that it resembles something light and lofty, like frosting on a very fancy wedding cake would be.  Then, he compares the breeze rippling and producing a shadow on the carpet to the wind doing the same on the sea via a simile (a clue is that he uses the word as). 

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