One of the first noticeable parts of figurative language is a hyperbole,"And then when Cooney died at first,and Barrows did the same." It's humorous because the baseball player, Cooney did not actually die at the first base. This adds just a bit of humor that many people would take for granite. another noticeable literary device is a metaphor, Ernest
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