(Please Help)
Which figure of speech is used in this excerpt?
Before the barn door strutted the gallant wingspan, that pattern of a husband, a warrior and a fine gentleman, clapping his burnished wings and crowing in the pride and gladness of his heart,—sometimes tearing up the earth with his feet, and then generously calling his ever-hungry family of wives and children to enjoy the rich morsel which he had discovered.
(from The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving)

A:metaphor
B:personification
C:repetition
D:simile

Question

(Please Help)
Which figure of speech is used in this excerpt?
Before the barn door strutted the gallant wingspan, that pattern of a husband, a warrior and a fine gentleman, clapping his burnished wings and crowing in the pride and gladness of his heart,—sometimes tearing up the earth with his feet, and then generously calling his ever-hungry family of wives and children to enjoy the rich morsel which he had discovered.
(from The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving)

A:metaphor
B:personification
C:repetition
D:simile

anonymous · Answer

They are talking about a bird right? If so, it would be Personifcation, because they are giving it human-like...words. Forgot the right word for it, but they're calling a bird a "Husband, Warrior, and Fine Gentleman."

anonymous · Answer

Human-like qualities. Yes, Yuba is correct in saying that personification is the answer.

anonymous · Answer

Thank You So Much Yuba and Stevensde :D