Question

read the passage.
the violin sang its haunting melody, inviting the rest of
the orchestra to respond. soon, the timpani marched
in, leading the other instruments to a crescendo.
which type of figurative language is most used as an
element of style in this passage?
○ alliteration
○ personification
○ simile
○ allusion

Explanation:

Personification gives human traits to non-human things. The passage gives the violin (a non-human object) the human action "sang", and the timpani the human action "marched". None of the other figurative language types appear: alliteration is repeated initial consonant sounds, simile uses "like" or "as" to compare, and allusion references a well-known work/figure.

Answer:

personification