What is the figure of speech in this sentence "Lofty mountains that pierce the clouds and reach to dizzying heights may appear to us humans as coldly majestic, lonely, even forbidding.

Personification is the figure of speech in the sentence.

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"Lofty mountains that pierce the clouds and reach to dizzying heights may appear to  us humans as coldly majestic, lonely, even forbidding. "

Mountains are not creatures that have feelings as they are not living things; thus, using the metaphor "pierce the clouds", describing them as "coldly majestic" and "lonely lends to them characteristics of human beings, which is what personification is all about.

- "chilles is sad and angry because hector, the trojan leader, killed his best friend patroclus. he seems angry with himself because he didn't or protect patroclus against the trojans."

odysseus shows many acts of bravery in homer's epic poem the odyssey. first, he shows bravery when he tricks polyphemus, the cyclops, and gouges out his eye. this is an act of bravery. it will also cost him because polyphemus was the son of poseidon, the god of the sea.

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