You used is personification as your figure of speech. Personification uses human characteristics to make a nonhuman entity seem human. You first used personification in the first sentence and continued to use it in every sentence of the paragraph, which makes the paragraph as a whole consistent and balanced. "The wind wailed and the clouds wept" uses personification twice, as wailing and weeping are human actions. The use of personification continues through the next two sentences as well. "The trees shuddered in fear," "the houses groaned in protest," "black-browed storm," and "pounding against the earth as if to shatter it" portray the natural occurences as conscious beings performing human
