growing old because the older I get the closer I am to death
A and a for the other one I believe
Answer:
Two similes
Explanation:
According to the excerpt given from Flannery O'Connor's "The Life You Save May Be Your Own.", there is a monologue where the narrator compares the human body to a house because it doesn't go anywhere.
The second simile comes when the narrator compares the spirit to an automobile because it is always on the move.
Therefore, the excerpt contains two similes.
P. S A simile is a figure of speech that compares two dissimilar things using 'like' or 'as'
*edited* Well, I would start out with "If I were a color, I would be the color ____." Or "If I were a vegetable, I would be a(n) ____." Something like that.
ORIGINAL ANSWER: Why don't you just do it yourself?