Is this a hyperbole, metaphor, onomatopoeia, personification, or simile?

Question

"he was the finest of all colts..." (from "The Sorrel Colt" page 251, line 39)

Answer 1

uhhhh....none?

Maybe a hyperbole, but I think it's stretching it to say that.

Not a metaphor because it doesn't compare him to anything.

Not a simile because it doesn't use like or as

Not a personification because it doesn't make the colt more human-like.

Not an onomanopoeia. Duh.

Hyperbole would be if it made the colt sound over-exaggeratingly superb or bad.

So I don't think so...

Answer 2

None of the above--just a description...unless the book is talking about something other than a young horse!

Some may say it is hyperbole...but who knows, it could be the truth in that given group!

Answer 3

none of the above!