What are some metaphors in The Sign of the Beaver?

Pg. 84:
most of them were naked as little frogs.
Pg. 4:
the lump in Matt's throat felt as big as the watch.
Pg. 2:
it coiled around Matt and reached into his stomach to settle there in a hard knot.
Pg. 23:
it was an easy tree to climb, with the branches as neatly placed as the rungs of a ladder.
Pg. 85:
they sat close together, jabbering away like bluejays, but their chatter did not for an instant interfere with the rhythm of their bare arms.
Pg. 4:
Matt took the watch as gently as if it were a birds egg.
Pg. 81:
he strutted and pranced in ridiculous contortions, for all the world like a clown in a village fair.
Pg. 4:
this was a fine piece, the walnut stock as smooth and shining as his mothers silk dress.
Pg. 5:
he knew his father always kept that rifle as clean as a new polished spoon.
Pg. 1:he had stood at one end of every log and raised it one on top of the other, fitting the notched end as snugly as though they had grown that way.
Pg. 23:
the humming grew to a roar, like a great wind.
Pg. 28:
it passed between his legs and hung down like an apron back and front.