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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.

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

Select the two correct answers.

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Responses

metaphor
metaphor

understatement
understatement

personification
personification

paradox
paradox

hyperbole

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The two types of figure of speech used in this excerpt are:

  • metaphor
  • hyperbole

The passage uses metaphorical language to convey the overwhelming nature of noise in New York City and employs hyperbole to emphasize the intensity and volume of the sounds described.

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