I believe it is a coordinating conjunction. I’m not sure but I hope this helped.
Answer:
In European languages, figures of speech are generally classified in five major categories: (1) figures of resemblance or relationship (e.g., simile, metaphor, kenning, conceit, parallelism, personification, metonymy, synecdoche, and euphemism); (2) figures of emphasis or understatement (e.g., hyperbole, litotes, .
Explanation:
SIMILE. In simile two unlike things are explicitly compared. ...
METAPHOR. It is an informal or implied simile in which words like, as, so are omitted. ...
PERSONIFICATION. ...
METONYMY. ...
APOSTROPHE. ...
HYPERBOLE. ...
SYNECDOCHE. ...
TRANSFERRED EPITHETS.
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A. Frightened, Gilgamesh pleads with the god Shamash to protect him during his dangerous journey