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Which figure of speech is used in this sentence?

Winter was cruel; it did not listen to the peasants.
Select one of the options below as your answer:
a. metaphor
b. personification
c. alliteration
d. hyperbole

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B. Personification.

Personification is giving human-like characteristics to a non-human object. Such as winter not listening.
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