Question

"--a little city of forty thousand that has dozed sleepily for forty thousand years in southern Georgia occasionally stirring in its slumbers.."

The figurative device used to describe the city is called

A) allegory
B) allusion.
C) flashback.
D) personification.

Answer 1

D) personification

Personification is giving a non-human thing human-like traits. The city is not a human, but sleeping is. Therefore the description of the city uses personification. Another example of personification is: "The cloud cries down on the valley."

An allusion is a reference to another published work. If a relationship is described as "star-crossed", it would be an allusion to Romeo and Juliet.

A flashback is an interruption in a story to tell about something that has already happened. Often flashbacks are used to give background information about a character to better understand his/her motivation.

An allegory is a story with a double meaning.