Simile is a figure of speech which is used for comparison of 2 unlike things using like or as for example : white as snow , red as an apple. Similes are like metaphors. But metaphors are not the same as similes. Authors use simile to present their writings as exciting as a spontaneous show of fireworks. Here in the statement "They leaped like deer on the moon" which is an exaggeration but the use of direct comparison showing excitement.
the author's use of clues to hint at what will happen later in the story.
Explanation:
the word "foreshadowing" is a technique used by the writer to give hints or clues about the events that will occur in a story, which help the writer to create expectations on the reader and made the reader feel interested in the literary work.