Question

Read this sentence from "The Most Dangerous Game" and answer the question. His eyes made out the shadowy outlines of a palatial chateau; it was set on a high bluff, and on three sides of it cliffs dived down to where the sea licked greedy lips in the shadows. What type of figurative language is used to describe the sea? metaphor to compare the sea to a dog hyperbole to exaggerate the power of the waves imagery to invoke the sense of sight personification to describe the evening tide

Answer 1

Metaphor to compare the sea to a dog hyperbole

Answer 2

Answer:

To describe the sea, the author uses personification.

Explanation:

There is undoubtedly some imagery in the excerpt we are analyzing here, since it is describing the place where the chateau stood. The question, however, is asking us which figurative language is used to describe the sea. The only possible option, in this case, is personification.

Personification happens when an author gives living qualities to non-living things. The sea does not lick, it does not have lips. Animals do, humans do, but not the ocean. Nonetheless, those are the words the author chooses to describe the evening tide: "where the sea licked greedy lips in the shadows."