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what type of figurative language is The great ship sighed, hesitated, and then turned its back on the future, succumbing to the ocean’s deep and fatal promises.
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what type of figurative language is The great ship sighed, hesitated, and then turned its back on the future, succumbing to the ocean’s deep and fatal promises.

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Personification

The ship has human-like characteristics. The sentence is talking as if the ship has the brains to decide it can sigh and hesitate.

You can remember by seeing that the word "person" is in "personification".
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