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The following statement: "It [the canal] was justly hailed as an enterprise of breathtaking boldness." is what?

A. an opinion
B. personification
C. a smile
D. a methaphor

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The correct answer is A. an opinion

A metaphor is a figure of speech that deals with figurative comparison to something similar, while similes compare things using words like "like" and "such as". Personification is when an inanimate object is given human behavior or personality.
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