Answer:
Tarshis was very generous in his use of metaphors and personification to describe the tornado and its activities.
Explanation:
For example, Tarshis in one of the sentences states that the tornado was a ferocious and deadly monster.
In another sentence, the tornado is also described as having chewed trees and scattered branches:
"it was powerful enough to chew apart trees and scatter branches."
To describe something figuratively means to use a literary device such as a metaphor, idiom or irony to express, portray or qualify such a thing, person, or activity rather than using the literal form of it.
A metaphor is a device in the literature that enhances the description of a thing by comparing it to another that is very unrelated. For example, Bisi has an Iron First.
In the text, ferocious and deadly monster can be said to be metaphorical. Monsters are living things and can be ferocious.
Personification on the other hand is when attributes of a human are attributed to a non-living thing or an animal.
Humans are able to chew. Humans are able to scatter. So the sentence
"it was powerful enough to chew apart trees and scatter branches." contains the device of personification.
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