KatelynKaley KatelynKaley

06-01-2017
English

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Read this sentence:

Leaving home for the last time, the porch lights winked at me as if to say goodbye.

What figure of speech is used in the sentence?
A Hyperbole
B Personification
C Alliteration
D Metaphor

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celestemorrell5 celestemorrell5

06-01-2017

The answer would be B) Personification because it's giving a nonhuman object human characteristics.

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taylorfrazee taylorfrazee

06-01-2017

B. Personification because they gave the porch light human like capabilities

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