Things can absolutely be more than one device simultaneously. Pretty much all idioms are some variety of figurative language (many utilizing metaphor). The thing that is tricky about metaphors is that they can be either directly stated comparisons OR implied comparisons. That particular idiom was making an implied comparison between the elephant and situation, but you are correct that the comparison is between the lines rather than directly stated. Reading between the lines is the hardest part about interpreting figurative language!

I use Screencast O Matic to actually record them (something like $30 for 3 year subscription though there is a free 15 minute max video length version). I previously used my smartboard and a microphone on a long USB extension, but I have found the acquisition of a surface pro 4 to be quite nice in recording them and it has better audio quality. With the surface pro I've started recording some answer explanation videos across multiple periods that way I can go over different questions in different periods and post them all to youtube after to save some time frontloading.

+Biba Ashayeva I'm having trouble hunting it down at the moment as I haven't actually used it in a couple of years. Reply with an email address I can reach you at and I will see if I can find it from my home computer or one of my backup usbs.

+Justine Shubert, I am Muhammad Shakeel from Lahore, Pakistan, student of MA English literature. I want to get some information in this regard. would you help me in this regard. your email address required to contact please.

Look me up on facebook and I can probably oblige. Not gonna post my email on a youtube comments thread lol.

Justine Shubert hi

I would say metaphor. Def not personification - what is the human characteristic being conveyed?

Hope it helped! If you look me up on facebook I'd be more than happy to send you additional resources sometime! (No sense in reinventing the wheel).

It was designed as a homework activity for my 9th graders, so not really designed to be comprehensive.

None taken! I tell my students that almost every literary device could be hyperbole so it is a cop out answer if there is a more specific device that applies, but you are absolutely correct that things can be more than one literary device at the same time!

I haven't used this video in a few years and would probably change it a fair amount in light of my increased experience as an AP Lang teacher lol. That said, many many many things qualify as parallelism so you are probably right (but I'm not rewatching a video from two years ago to check, sorry).