'The old oak stood silent, but its roots remembered every spring.' What is the main figure of speech?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. Personification (the oak is silent, its roots remember)
- Step 1: An oak cannot be silent in a human sense, and roots cannot remember. Step 2. Giving the tree human qualities is personification. Answer: personification. Why not the others: There is no 'like', no exaggeration, and no pair of contradictory words.
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