Question

Read the excerpt from Susan Fenimore Cooper's essay "August."

The whole country, within a wide circuit north, south, east and west, partakes of the same general character; mountain ridges, half tilled, half wood, screening cultivated valleys, sprinkled with farms and hamlets, among which some pretty stream generally winds its way.

Which of these types of figurative language contributes to the description in this sentence?

simile
personification
metaphor
hyperbole

Answer 1

I would say that the writer is using either personification or metaphor. However, I find B. personification to be the most logical answer.

Answer 2

hyperbole

Step-by-step explanation:

The figurative language that is used in this excerpt is hyperbole, since hyperbole is the exageration of things and words that are not meant to be taken literally in order to make a point, he writtes about the whole country, and then exagerating proceeds to ennumerate all the possible geographic locations like north, south, and geographical characteristics to make a better description.