Question
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
onomatopoeia
onomatopoeia
alliteration
alliteration
personification
personification
simile
So we beat on . . . borne back ceaselessly into the past.
—F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
(1 point)
Responses
onomatopoeia
onomatopoeia
alliteration
alliteration
personification
personification
simile
Answers
GPT-4o mini
The figure of speech used in the text "So we beat on . . . borne back ceaselessly into the past." is **personification**. The phrase "we beat on" suggests a human action and purpose, as if the past is an entity that can be engaged with, which is personification.