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Identify the literary elements in the following sentence. "A sickening sludge, churned up from the bowels of the gulf, had painted the most everything gray."

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Imagery: The sentence creates a vivid image of a sludge that is churned up from the bowels of the gulf and paints everything gray.

Metaphor: The sludge is described as "sickening", which compares it to something that causes a feeling of nausea.

Alliteration: The repeated "s" sound in "sickening sludge" and "most everything" create an alliterative effect

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