"He was a grand fellow for an adventurous trip, a tower of strength when untoward things happened.” a metaphor, simile, hyperbole, or personification?

The development of new inventions in the field of space travel seemed rapid. how does the word rapid function in a sentence?

Then, from heaven, the voice of the god called to gilgamesh: "hurry, attack, attack humbaba while the time is right, before he enters the depths of the forest, before he can hide there and wrap himself in his seven auras with their paralyzing glare. he is wearing just one now. attack him! now! " –gilgamesh: a new english translation, stephen mitchell identify a feature of epic poetry in the passage. in three to four sentences, explain its impact on the epic's plot.

Does violent or criminal behavior stem from natural genetics and biology or from environmental nurturing? ~ ap english language & composition