What type of figurative language is the

following sentence?

"The house shuddered, oak bone on bone

its hard skeleton cringing from the heat, its

wire, the nerves revealed as if a surgeon

had torn the skin off to let the red veins

and capillaries quiver in the scalded air."

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6 October, 06:42

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Susie Q · Answer 1

This shows personification

Explanation:

The sentence refers to the house like it it a person.

EX: "The house shuddered", "its hard skeleton"

What type of figurative language is thefollowing sentence?"The house shuddered, oak bone on boneits hard skeleton cringing from the heat, itswire, the nerves revealed as if a surgeonhad torn the skin off to let the red veinsand capillaries quiver in the scalded air."