LiteraryDevices1

__**" It wandered along in curves... the top of small hill, ambled down again**__... **__suggesting tranquil bovine picnics: slowly chewing and thoughtful contemplation of the infinite__**." p.5 In this passage of personification the author is talking about how the road moves.
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"...and was therefore " **__private property__**." p.6 This part is an alliteration that is saying of course that it is owned by someone.

" ..." deep, damp mattress of leaves on the ground." p.8 This is two lit. devices. They are an alliteration and a metaphor. The alliteration is the part that says deep, damp. The metaphor is where it says mattress of leaves. It means that the leaves made up something that looks like a mattress.

-Morgan