Personification is the literary device used when Death says "it kills me sometimes how people die" in "The Book Thief." Death is given human qualities by expressing emotions and thoughts that are typically associated with living beings.
Personification
Simile, which is a Rhetorical Device
Hyperbole. Hyperbole is a literary device that involves exaggeration for emphasis or effect. In this case, the phrase exaggerates the coldness to emphasize how extreme the situation was.
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Keats uses personification, addressing Autumn and describing it as a woman.
The literary device used in this sentence is personification, attributing human characteristics to non-human entities (in this case, death, destruction, and the devil). The speaker is personifying these abstract concepts by imagining them as adversaries to be faced or conquered.
To say about someone "He'd worn the shirt to death" is a "Figure of Speech". which is a literary device in any language. Understood at the time by that culture, but not understood by another culture.
A Device of Death was created in 1997.
stuck to you like glue is a simile. If death is doing human characteristics it is personification, but cant decide if suffocated and enveloped are just humanly characterized
alliteration
This quote is "foreshadowing" the death of Romeo.
In storytelling, a "death flag" is a literary device used to hint at a character's impending death. It serves as a foreshadowing tool that suggests potential outcomes for characters in a narrative. When a death flag is raised for a character, it creates suspense and tension for the audience, as they anticipate the character's fate. This device adds depth to the story and can impact the emotional impact of the narrative.