Answer:
They are both loved by sailors
The first one is an "idiom" / or, "idiomatic expression" ; that is: [to have] "tricks up [one's sleeve's]" .
The second one is "hyperbole" (gross exaggeration).
The third one is "personification" — but also "hyperbole" (gross exaggeration).
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to support the argument made in the thesis statement
A characteristic of informal writing is slang, abbreviations, short hand, or lack of punctuation.
