What literary devices are used in "The Most Dangerous Game"?

There are many literary devices used in Connell's short
story "The Most Dangerous Game".

1. The following quote
contains personification (the giving of human characteristics to nonhuman/nonliving
things):

dank
tropical night that was palpable as it pressed its thick warm blackness in upon the
yacht.

This is an example of
personification given night cannot physically press itself against something (this is a
characteristic and human possesses, not something night can typically
"do."

2. The next example is a simile. A simile is the
comparison between two unlike things using "like" or
"as".

"Ugh!
It's like moist black
velvet."

Here, the night is
compared to black velvet.

Another example of a simile
is:

The sea
was as flat as a plate-glass
window.

Here, the sea is
compared to a window.

3. "Bleak blackness" is an example of
alliteration. Alliteration is the repetition of a consonant sound (typically used in
poetry). Here the "b" sound repeats and creates exemplifies
alliteration.