Read the excerpt from "Rain Forest Doctor." The underlined words include
The ride to the hospital took forever. Every minute
lasted an hour as I sat next to my patient and watched
him struggle for air. Finally, we landed again on the roof
of the hospital. Two nurses were waiting with a gurney.
They took the patient from the stretcher and put him
onto the gurney
O personification
O hyperbole.
O human qualities.
literal language.