Richard flopped out of the pool and onto the cool deck. he lay there basking in the sun until his skin grew hot, then he splashed back into the blue water.

which figure of speech does the author use in the passage?

a. allusion

b. implied metaphor

c. personification

d. dead metaphor

Personification is the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form. Cross off C. An allusion is an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference. Cross off A. It is either a or b. I will go with B.