"Outside the rain poured down and the wind howled in great shuddering gusts against the windowpanes." What type of figurative language?
personification - the wind howled
"Then we'll eliminate ourselves and concentrate on our five fellow prisoners." What type of figurative language? (simile, metaphor, personification, alliteration)
metaphor - comparing guests to prisoners (trapped)
"He's an old man and he's been presiding over the court of law for years. That is to say, he's played God Almighty for a good many months every year." What type of figurative language?
metaphor - comparing the judge to God (judging people)