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Ten thousand eyes were on him as he rubbed his hands with dirt; Five thousand tongues applauded when he wiped them on his shirt. Then while the writhing pitcher ground the ball into his hip, Defiance gleamed in Casey’s eye, a sneer curled Casey’s lip. Source: Thayer, Ernest Lawrence. “Casey at the Bat.” Poetry Foundation. Poetry Foundation, n.d. Web. 24 June 2011. Which technique is the author using in this stanza? simile alliteration imagery onomatopoeia

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Personification

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Personification of the tongues because tongues can't clap. Imagery because of the lip and ground ball into his hip. Also hyperbole because 5000 tongues is an exaggeration
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