Question

Read the excerpt below and answer the question.

"I reached the crag of Scylla and dire Charybdis’ vortex
right when the dreadful whirlpool gulped the salt sea down."

What type of figurative language is being used in this passage?

symbolism
personification
imagery
metaphor

Answer 1

the type of figurative language being used in the passage is personification

Answer 2

The right answer is "personification."

The explanation for this is that personification is the figure of language that attributes human characteristics to inanimate or abstract things. In the section of the question, one can see the personification in the part "when the dreadful whirlpool gulped the salt is down". "gulped" is a human characteristic and not a whirlwind, which is something abstract.