IXL | Interpret the figure of speech | 11th grade language arts

What does the idiom in this text suggest?

If you don't mind waking up at the crack of dawn (or if you even prefer it), consider a career as a baker, a teacher, or an investment banker.

You have to wake up at the same time every day.

You have to wake up very early.

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What does the personification in this text suggest?

The lighthouse horn moaned, and the sound traveled through the thick fog, reaching the sailors who were enveloped in the grayness.

The lighthouse was old and needed repairs.

The horn made a long, low sound.

Figures of speech are words or phrases that use language in a nonliteral or unusual way. They can make writing more expressive.

Personification is giving human characteristics to nonhuman things.

The trees danced in the wind.

The text uses personification, giving human characteristics to nonhuman things.

Moaned suggests that the horn made a long, low sound. A moan is a long, low sound that a person makes.

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