Question

Which type of figurative language is used in the following line from John F. Kennedy's inaugural address to the nation?

"Now the trumpet summons us again."

Symbol

Simile

Personification

Allusion

Answer 1

Personification

Even though the trumpet is not a person, it is given a human like quality, the ability to summon "us".

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Answer 2

Hi,

Answer: C) Personification

My work: This is Answer would be correct, because in the sentence it says “the trumpet summons us”. In life trumpets can summon, but only people themselves.  Personification means to give an object of something a human quality when really it can’t.

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