The simple predicate is may surprise
Celebration for his birthday
I would say, Simile because this compares the feeling of seeing the machine to being stabbed by a dozen awls. Similes use like or as to compare two different objects, so that is what leads me to believe this. It cannot be a symbol, because that does not represent anything. It cannot be personification because it does not take a nonliving object and give it human features. I would say that's it a metaphor, but it uses as, so I firmly believe that it is a simile..
Answer:
1. figurative language
“he allows her in church, as well as state, but a subordinate position, claiming apostolic authority for her exclusion from the ministry”
2. connotative language
”he has monopolized nearly all the profitable employments”
3. technical language
”he closes against her all the avenues to wealth and distinction”
