In paragraphs 6 and 7 what type of figurative language does the author use?
a. allusion
b. hyperbole
c. personification
d. simile

6 "now get ready. wait till i give the word. she won't want to mount the reef; a boat hates shoal water. stand by--wait--wait--keep her well in hand. now cramp her down! snatch her! snatch her! "

7 he seized the other side of the wheel and to spin it around until it was hard down, and then we held it so. the boat resisted, and refused to answer for a while, and next she came surging to starboard, mounted the reef, and sent a long, angry ridge of water foaming away from her bows.