Which sentences from "The Bridge" uses figurative language.

Simile, along with onomatopoeia and metaphor can be found in this next quote, "Then his glance fell upon the bridge, and at that moment a twanging noise filled the air, as when the string of some musical instrument snaps in a disused room, and he saw the bridge divide and fling five gesticulating ants into the valley below" (Wilder 5). This quote compares the noise that the breaking bridge makes to the sound of a musical instrument.