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Identify which figure of speech is used in the following example: "I heard screeching and gibberish coming from her mouth."
alliteration
simile
onomatopoeia
personification
metaphor

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Final answer:

The figure of speech used is personification. Metaphor and simile are also important figures of speech in English literature.


Explanation:

Personification is the figure of speech used in the example 'I heard screeching and gibberish coming from her mouth.' Personification attributes human characteristics to non-human things, like giving a mouth the ability to produce sounds.

Metaphor and simile are other common figures of speech where metaphors directly equate unlike things ('My love IS a red rose'), and similes compare using 'like' or 'as' ('My love is like a red rose').


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