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Nueva York is the city of commotion and mobility. The noise can be so
intense that it numbs the senses, and the person who lives in this
environment for a long time loses the notion of silence. The torrent of
pedestrians and vehicles is endless- _streetcars, buses, automobiles, horse-
carts, trucks, trains, bicycles, motorcycles, airplanes and wheelbarrows; fire
engines, with their high-powered motors and ear-splitting sirens; the shouts of
children and adults; the buzz of conversation of the human swarm on the
sidewalks, guffaws, curses, cries; the explosion of a backfiring engine, wheels
that bump over the rails and rend all tranquility; the spinning of propellers
boring thunderouslv through space: noise. noise. NOISE: New York.
Which type of figure of speech is used in this excerpt?
Select the two correct answers.
A. personification
B. paradox
C. hyperbole
D. metaphor
E. understatement
A. personification
C. hyperbole