I would say it is a. appeal to authority. hope this helps.
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Sara turned red as a tomato with steam coming from her ears.
"red as a tomato" - simile
"with steam coming from her ears" - I believe this would be a hyperbole, I am not sure. (It is some type of figurative language)
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to show that a number is larger than 10 but smaller than 20