Simile- <span>My phone slipped through my fingers like butter
Personification- </span><span>The face of my phone had many scars from being dropped
Symbol- </span><span>My phone is my lifeline to the world</span>
No, the correct sentence would be
I read a book called "The War Between the States"
During is a preposition
that is a determiner
epidemic is a noun
early is an adjective
warnings is a noun
circulated is a verb
widely is an adverb.