The "until all the seas go dry" part is a figure of speech because the person that said that couldn't litteraly mean that. Obviously the seas could never go dry.
To provide an accurate response, I would need the specific sentence from "The Monkey's Paw" that you're referring to. However, common literary devices in the story include foreshadowing, irony, and symbolism. Each contributes to the themes of fate, consequence, and the dangers of tampering with the unknown. If you share the sentence, I can identify the literary device used in that context.
"The fire blazed strongly" uses imagery because when you read it it creates an image. Personification can also said to be use in this sentence. The word strong is usually associated with people. The literary devise syntax is there as well. if the sentence said "the strong fire blazed" it would have been a bit awkward and would not have meant what is does.
I would say it is a simile!
Rhetorical device or literary element or literary technique?
An anaphora is a literary device in which the first part of a sentence is repeated throughout a poem or work of prose. Many psalms are examples of this literary device. An example, would be 'Deliver me lord from my enemies. Deliver me Lord from evil. Deliver me Lord from all that is not of you.'
In order to identify the literary device used in a sentence, I would need to know the specific sentence you are referring to. Literary devices can include metaphors, similes, personification, imagery, alliteration, etc. Each device conveys meaning in a unique way.
The literary device used in this sentence is personification, as it attributes human qualities (the ability to announce) to the White House.
metonymy
A metaphor is a literary device used to make a comparison without using the words "like" or "as." An example of this term in a sentence would be, "The author used a metaphor to compare the protagonist's stoic demeanor in the face of tragedy to a dam that refused to break."
from romeo and Juliet...I am not sure if you mean the literary device surrounding the prose or if the question is direct...since "mistempered" would be considered a human emotion the most obvious literary device would be personification
"The fire blazed strongly" uses imagery because when you read it it creates an image. Personification can also said to be use in this sentence. The word strong is usually associated with people. The literary devise syntax is there as well. if the sentence said "the strong fire blazed" it would have been a bit awkward and would not have meant what is does.
"Friend Flicka" would be an alliteration.
I would say it is a simile!
You have parallelism and alliteration but alliteration would be the main one.
Rhetorical device or literary element or literary technique?
That is not a literary sentence, it contains two serious grammatical errors. A correct version would be: She looked like the loveliest parasol. This sentence in literary terms would be classified as a simile.
To bowdlerize is to remove parts of literary works. An example sentence would be: It would be offensive to bowdlerize a Shakespeare work.