In 'The sea sighed against the harbour wall', which two devices are present?

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Correct answer: A. personification and alliteration

  1. Step 1: The sea is given a human action, sighing. Step 2. The repeated s sounds in sea, sighed and against form alliteration. Answer: personification and alliteration. Why not the others: There is no like or as, no exaggeration, no contradiction and no rhyme.

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