Which figure of speech is used in this text? So we beat on . . . borne back ceaselessly into the past. —F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby (1 point) Responses personification personification onomatopoeia onomatopoeia alliteration alliteration simile

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The figure of speech used in the text "So we beat on . . . borne back ceaselessly into the past" is personification. The phrase implies that the past is actively pulling us back, attributing human-like qualities to an abstract concept.