Which figurative language technique is used in the following? "I went out and caught that boy and shook him until his freckles rattled."

a. Simile
b. Understatement
c. Personification
d. Hyperbole

What task did the surveyors do? a. they studied the landscape to determine the most direct route for building a road. b. they designed treadmills that lifted blocks of stone to where they were needed. c. they dug trenches and filled them with sand, concrete, and large blocks to form a road.