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Solution :

Question:

Crumbling rafters, Crumbling wood

Answer:

Repetition

--> Because word "crumbling" is repeated for poetic effect

Knowledge booster:

⟹ The above sentence can be alliteration too as LETTER "c" is repeated

⟹ Figure of speech is tool of expression to produce ordinary expression in more linguistic effect

⟹ Most commonly used figure of speech are

☞ Simile : COMPARISON made between two unlike objects using like, as

# Example: Bed was as soft as cotton ball

☞ Metaphor: Comparison made between two unlike objects without using like, as

# Example: Life is not bed of roses

☞ Antithesis: Two OPPOSITE words or ideas are expressed

# Example: Speech is silver but silence is golden

☞ Tautology: Words or expression with similar meaning

# Example: Pure unadulterated milk