"then joseph could no longer control himself before all those who stood by him, and he cried out, 'send everyone away from me.' so no one stayed with him when joseph made himself known to his brothers. and he wept so loudly that [all] egyptians heard it, and the household of pharaoh heard it. joseph said to his brothers, 'i am joseph. is my father still alive? ' but his brothers could not answer him, so dismayed were they at his presence."
to show the depth of joseph's sorrow, the writer used
• personification
• literal language
• a metaphor
• hyperbole