And his father, who was puro Mexicano, would sit in his chair after work, sullen as a toad, and call him "sissy." The phrase sullen as a toad is an example of a.

“Sullen as a toad” compares the father’s mood to a toad using the word “as.” A comparison describes how one thing is like another, so the phrase is a comparison.

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