Use the passage to answer the question. 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 statement best describes how one would analyze the use of the phrase, “the buzz of conversation of the human swarm on the sidewalks,” in this text?(1 point) Responses The narrator is using hyperbole to describe how difficult it is to walk down the crowded city sidewalks. The narrator is using hyperbole to describe how difficult it is to walk down the crowded city sidewalks. The narrator is using a simile to compare the appearance of the crowds to clouds of angry insects. The narrator is using a simile to compare the appearance of the crowds to clouds of angry insects. The narrator is using understatement to stress how loud the crowds are on the city streets. The narrator is using understateme
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