Question

What figure of speech is contained in this expression marching boots and shrieking jets

Answer 1

The figures of speech contained in the given phrases have been written as follows:-

1. "marching boots" - Transferred Epithet; the phrase does not intend to convey the fact that boots are marching. Instead, boots refer to soldiers, thus it is the soldiers who are marching.
2. "shrieking jets" - Personification; indeed, a jet is an inanimate object incapable of shrieking. This is a human reaction being attributed to an inanimate object to express the loudness of a jet in motion.

P.S.:- "marching boots" can also qualify as a personification, for marching is a human action being attributed to a pair of boots.

Answer 2

Answer:

The figure of speech contained in this expression 'marching boots and shrieking jets' is personification.

Marching boots and shrieking jets refer to marching soldiers and jet engines making sonic booms.

Explanation:

Personification is the technique or practice of representing objects, qualities, etc. as humans, in art and literature.