What is the figure of speech called when you make a direct comparison without using the words 'like' or 'as'?

What is the figure of speech called when you make a direct comparison using the words 'like' or 'as'?

What is the figure of speech called when you give an object human qualities?

What is the figure of speech called when there is a repetition of vowel sounds?

What is the figure of speech called when words imitate and reproduce real-life sounds and actions?

What is the figure of speech called when something is over-exaggerated, not meant to be taken literally?

Identify the figure of speech in the following sentence:

The water angrily flowed towards the sea.

Identify the figure of speech in the following sentence:

I am so hungry I can eat a mountain.

Identify the figures of speech in the following sentence:

I have never seen anyone so tall, he was as tall as the Empire State Building.

Identify the figure of speech in the following sentence:

The gushing wind blew through the trees.

Identify the figure of speech in the following sentence:

That person runs like a road-runner.

Identify the figure of speech in the following sentence:

The ballerina was a swan, gliding across the stage.

Identify the figure of speech in the following sentence:

The engineer held the steering to steer the vehicle.

Identify the figure of speech in the following sentence:

Pat planted the pretty pink poppies in the pot.