Question

boring thunderously through space; noise, noise, noise: new york.
which type of figure of speech is used in this excerpt?
select the two correct answers.
(1 point)
□ personification
□ understatement
□ metaphor
□ paradox
□ hyperbole

Explanation:

1. Repetition (from the excerpt's structure): The excerpt repeats "noise, noise, NOISE" which is a form of emphasis, but among the options, the relevant devices are:

• Hyperbole: The extreme repetition and intensity of "noise, NOISE" exaggerates the level of sound, which is a hyperbolic overstatement of the noise in New York.
• Personification: The phrase "boring thunderously through space" gives the noise the human-like action of "boring" (drilling/piercing) through space, attributing a human action to an inanimate sound.

Other options do not fit: understatement is minimizing something (opposite of the excerpt's exaggeration), metaphor directly compares two unrelated things without "like/as" (not present here), and paradox is a self-contradictory statement (not present here).

Answer:

• personification
• hyperbole