Use the paragraph to answer the question.

Emilia could not believe the night had finally arrived. She had been waiting for this moment since she was a freshman, and here she was, dressed in her beautiful green sequined gown, her hair curled and pulled back in a soft bun. It was her senior prom, the Oscars of the high school experience, and she could not wait for the night to begin.
The sentences above contain which of the following literary devices?
A. a symbol
B. personification
C. an allusion
D. theme

A. a symbol