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Question

1. Which figure of speech is exemplified by lines 149-151 of the excerpt from The Odyssey, Part (1 po

III?

Then slid his right hand down the cord and plucked it, / so the taut gut vibrating hummed and

sang a swallow's note.

Answer

Personification

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Lines 149-151 of the excerpt from The Odyssey, Part III exemplify personification, as the gut is given human characteristics by being described as "...