"The night I kicked the pill bottle in the dark, like kicking a buried mine." This is an example of a

This is an example of a simile because it compares the pill bottle to a buried mine using like. A fountain of books sprang down upon Montag as he climbed shuddering up the sheer stair-well; This is an example of a metaphor because there is not a literal fountain of books but it paints a picture for you.

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the simple predicate of the sentence is camped.