When he's speaking of his time in the camps hoping for rescue, wiesel writes, "if they knew, we thought, surely those leaders would have moved heaven and earth to intervene." what kind of figurative language is this (metaphor, personification, hyperbole)? how does it support wiesel's main ideas about indifference?

The kind of figurative language that Wiesel used in the speech of his time in the camps hoping for rescue is hyperbole.

Explanation:

Hyperbole is a literary device that exaggerates the message through the use of specific words or phrases to emphasize the basic statement to generate a greater reaction and an overwhelming and shocking feeling, that the audience or the reader could never forget, by using the expression moved heaven and earth to intervene he implies that foreign governments would do whatever it takes even beyond the human capacity to help them.

not exaxtly

explanation: it depends on the situation like if u do something good there will be good consequences which arent punishments but if you do somthing bad there will be bad consequences which are punishements.