What figure of speech is being used in the following example: It's hot
outside, so staying inside today was a no-brainer for me.

Hyperbole
Metaphor
Idiom or slang
Personification

What is the rhyme scheme in this excerpt from longfellow's, "the tide rises, the tide falls? " (10 points) the tide rises, the tide falls, the twilight darkens, the curlew calls; along the sea-sands damp and brown the traveler hastens toward the town, and the tide rises, the tide falls.