Language and Style Unit Test
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Question
Use the sentences to answer the question.
As Lucia left home on her birthday, a bus splashed her with mud and ruined her new sweater. “Happy birthday to me,” she muttered.
What figure of speech is shown in the paragraph?
(1 point)
Responses
item category
item category
personification
personification
verbal irony
verbal irony
pun
pun
The figure of speech shown in the paragraph is verbal irony.
To determine the figure of speech used in the paragraph, we can analyze the language and understand the intended meaning behind the words. In this case, the figure of speech being used is personification.
Personification is a figure of speech where human characteristics are attributed to non-human things or abstract ideas. In the given paragraph, the bus is described as splashing mud on Lucia. Since a bus is an inanimate object and does not possess the ability to splash or actively engage in such actions, this is an example of personification.
Therefore, the correct answer is "personification."