Green is the first one
Light blue is the second
Purple is the third
1) “mind if - if I..”
2) “I - I don’t..”
3) marathon - she really did!
4) “There - There’s a ghost..”
5) North pole alone - what a brave man!
6) final encore - what a performance!
7) “What - What was I..”
8) boat damaged - what bad luck!
9) On Monday night - or was it Tuesday - we went to the opera.
10) forgetting something - what is it?
A Simile. This is because it is comparing the muck to a leech using the words "as if".
