Polishing is the answer i’m pretty sure
Answer:
The oldest girl whispered to her sisters that she had a plan. She had read that onions could freeze a troll in his tracks. She tricked the troll into taking an onion from the cupboard by saying it was a delicious yellow apple. He greedily grabbed it and was frozen in place. The middle sister figured out how to untie the ropes around them. She used them to sew the troll into a trap.
Explanation:
I sounds like a simile, because of the As straight up and down as part of it...
I hope this is helpful :)
You could look at some of poes poems to look for advice