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Q80.The leaves danced in the wind.(a) Apostrophe(b) Alliteration(c) Personification(d) Metaphor

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Q80.The leaves danced in the wind.(a) Apostrophe(b) Alliteration(c) Personification(d) Metaphor

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The correct answer is (c) Personification. This is because the sentence "The leaves danced in the wind" is giving a human quality (dancing) to a non-human object (leaves). This is the definition of personification.

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