Question

"I reached the crag of Scylla and dire Charybdis’ vortex

right when the dreadful whirlpool gulped the salt sea down."

What type of figurative language is being used in this passage?

a) symbolism
b) personification
c) imagery
d) metaphor

Answer 1

Personification is the type of figurative language being used in this passage: "I reached the crag of Scylla and dire Charybdis’ vortex right when the dreadful whirlpool gulped the salt sea down."

Answer 2

Answer: B) Personification.

Step-by-step explanation: personification is a figure of speech that consists in giving human characteristics to non human objects (or animals). In the given excerpt from "The Oddysey" by Homer, we can see an example of personification, because it says that Charybdis, which is a whirlpool (non human object), can "gulp" (human characteristic), so the correct answer is the corresponding to option B.