Use the following excerpt to answer the question. "I wonder how long, you awful parasites, Shall share with me this little bed. And make me, from my sweet dreams be lost, by sucking blood from my poor head... Mbure: "To Bed-Bug" The most dominant figure of speech in the excerpt is________

Use the following excerpt to answer the question.

"I wonder how long, you awful parasites,

Shall share with me this little bed.

And make me, from my sweet dreams be lost,

by sucking blood from my poor head...

Mbure: "To Bed-Bug"

The most dominant figure of speech in the excerpt is________

A metaphor
B simile
C personification
D hyperbole

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The correct answer is C. personification

The parasite in the excerpt is giving attributes peculiar to a human being such as 'sharing his bed' and 'making him lost in his sweet dreams'.

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