Question

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Nueva York is the city of commotion and mobility. The noise can be so intense that it numbs the senses, and the person who lives in this environment for a long time loses the notion of silence. The torrent of pedestrians and vehicles is endless—streetcars, buses, automobiles, horse-carts, trucks, trains, bicycles, motorcycles, airplanes and wheelbarrows; fire engines, with their high-powered motors and ear-splitting sirens; the shouts of children and adults; the buzz of conversation of the human swarm on the sidewalks; guffaws, curses, cries; the explosion of a backfiring engine; wheels that bump over the rails and rend all tranquility; the spinning of propellers boring thunderously through space; noise, noise, NOISE: New York.

Question
Which type of figure of speech is used in this excerpt?

Select the two correct answers.

(1 point)
Responses

hyperbole
hyperbole

understatement
understatement

personification
personification

paradox
paradox

metaphor

Answer 1

Hyperbole and metaphor.

- Metaphor: "The torrent of pedestrians and vehicles" compares the crowd to a torrent.
- Hyperbole: phrases like "The noise can be so intense that it numbs the senses" and "endless" exaggerate for effect.