A Day at the Beach 1. We'd just gotten to the beach when my flip flop decided to flip right off my foot before flopping
straight into the sand

What figurative language is this

(you didn't attach a copy of the poem, but i'm answering as best as i can)

since a simile compares two unlike things using like or as, it kind of gives an item the ability to do something it can't.

example: "the player was like a tiger on the field"

in this sentence, the simile conveys the idea that the player was fast and strong, like a tiger.