Use the sentence to answer the question.
The sea surged as though Poseidon himself took exception to our choice to go on vacation during your big event.
Select the correct answers from the lists.
(2 points)
The author used
an allusionhyperbolea metaphorpersonification
, which is clear because the sentence
gives human qualities to an objectrefers to a character from mythology or a fairytaleexaggerates beyond what is possible for effectcompares two unlike things to make a point
. It conveys the meaning that
the sea was unusually roughthe sea was punishing the speakerthe vacation was a bad ideathe vacation was doomed from the start
.

All Answers 1

Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
an allusion — refers to a character from mythology or a fairytale — the sea was unusually rough