Is "Yes, he was stone, stone dead." Is that a simile metaphor personification or a hyperbole?

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Hamza Perez

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1 July, 02:09

Is "Yes, he was stone, stone dead." Is that a simile metaphor personification or a hyperbole?

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Karson Donovan · Answer 1

Pretty sure its a simile. It cant be personification because it says "he" which refers to a living and breathing human. I don't think it would be a hyperbole because hyperboles are an over exaggerated description. It doesn't use like or as, so i would say in this case simile.

Lassie · Answer 2

Metaphor

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A metaphor is a literary device in which an author makes an implicit comparison between two unrelated things that share a common characteristic. In this example, the author compares a dead person and a stone. Most likely, the comparison refers to the immobility and the lifelessness that both present.