The quote “No one was surprised except Mike, but Mike at the age of nine was surprised by everything. 'If you don't shut your mouth,' somebody once said to him, 'you'll get a frog down it.' After that Mike kept his teeth tightly clamped except when the surprise was too great" is an example of what type of figurative language?



Understatement


Hyperbole


Personification


Metaphor


"There was no sign of anybody anywhere. (The lav stood like a tomb in a neglected graveyard>. The curtains were drawn"

What type of figurative language is the underlined portion of the text above?



Personification


Alliteration


Simile


Metaphor