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The waning wealth, the jilting jade— Read this stanza from the poem “Dreams,” by Paul Laurence Dunbar.

Which figure of speech is used in the bold line?

Metaphor

Alliteration

Onomatopoeia

Personification

The answer: PERSONIFICATION

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it is personification
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It’s personification
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