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.
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paradox
metaphor
understatement
personification
hyperbole
1 answer
The two correct answers for the type of figure of speech used in this excerpt are:
The passage exaggerates the noise and commotion of New York for effect (hyperbole), and it gives human-like qualities to the components of the city (personification) by describing them as if they contribute to the noise in a lively, chaotic manner.
