Question

Which figure of speech does Thoreau use to show how loud the bird was in the sentence: "The wingspanerels crow on the trees, clear and piercing for miles over the resounding earth! It would put nations on the alert."?

Personification

Metaphor

Simile

Hyperbole

Answer 1

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Answer 2

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Answer 3

Which one do you think it would be?

Answer 4

Here are the definitions for each one:

Personification is when you assign the qualities of a person to something that isn't human or, in some cases, to something that isn't even alive...

Metaphor is a figure of speech that describes a subject by asserting that it is, on some point of comparison, the same as another otherwise unrelated object. In simpler terms, a metaphor compares two objects/things without using the words "like" or "as",..

Simile is a rhetorical figure expressing comparison or likeness that directly compares two objects through some connective word such as like, as, so, than, or a verb such as resembles.

Hyperbole is the use of exaggeration as a rhetorical device or figure of speech. It may be used to evoke strong feelings or to create a strong impression, but is not meant to be taken literally.

Answer 5

A metaphor compares things and there is no comparison so we can cross that one off

Answer 6

Simile is also comparing things so we can cross that one off as well

Answer 7

We also know that it is not personification because they aren't giving it human like qualities so it's a hyperbole we know this because do you really think it could be heard for miles? They are exaggerating the sound it makes

Answer 8

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