1. . METAPHOR- "Richard DRUMMED his fingers on the arm of the chair waiting for his name to be called." 
2. PERSONIFICATION -“Richard drummed his fingers on the ARM OF THE CHAIR waiting for his name to be called." 
3. ONOMATOPOEIA-“The WHIRRING of the drills increased his anxiety, but he held his head high with a sort of cowardly courage."
4. ALLITERATION- "The whirring of the drills increased his anxiety, but HE HELD HIS HEAD HIGH with a sort of cowardly courage."
5. OXYMORON- "The whirring of the drills increased his anxiety, but he held his head high with a sort of COWARDLY COURAGE”
6. SIMILE- “RICHARD BRUSHED AND FLOSSED HIS TEETH LIKE A CLOCKWORK to avoid the wrath of the dentist’s tools, so the news that he had four cavities certainly took him by surprise."
7. PERSONIFICATION -"Richard brushed and flossed his teeth like clockwork to avoid THE WRATH of the dentist’s tools, so the news that he had four cavities certainly took him by surprise."
        
             
        
        
        
1. Exhort
2. Galvanized
3. Hue
4. Incisive
5. Implacable
6. Ominous
7. Expedient
I tried my best it should be mostly right.
        
             
        
        
        
D: the children giggled at the elephants spouting plumes of water through their trunks.
        
             
        
        
        
This statement is false.
As a matter of fact, the statement refers to another song performed by The Beatles, but not 'A Day in the Life.' This song was created in 1967, as a part of their famous album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.