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What figurative language is used in the sentence? explain why.

“What’s in that paper bag?” She glared and poked at the bag with her fat finger.

A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Alliteration
D. Idiom
E. Hyperbole
F. Personification
G. onomatopoeia

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personification because it uses human characteristics to something nonhuman
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The figurative language used in the sentence is personification.

Personification is a literary device where human qualities are given to non-human entities, such as objects or animals. In this sentence, the action of poking at the bag with her finger is given human-like qualities of being fat, which is not a characteristic that can be attributed to a finger. The finger is personified to emphasize the size of the finger and the force with which it is poking the bag.

Therefore, the correct answer is F. Personification.

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