The busy pedestrians mostly ignored the old melancholy house a. simile b. metaphor c. personification d. irony e. hyperbole

C) Personification.

Explanation: personification is a figure of speech that consists in giving human characteristics to non human objects (or animals), in order to give an example of something, or to create an image. In the given sentence we can see a clear example of personification (corresponding to option C), because it describes the house (non human object) as being melancholic (human characteristic).

i think the answer is c

the sentence that best describes the tone of the passage from the radio broadcast compared to the passage from the book is b. the radio broadcast has a more surprised tone.

consider the text evidence: in the passage from the book, the description is more matter-of-fact. it is simply describing the things resembling little grey snakes, but there is no urgency in the description. on the other hand, in the passage from the radio broadcast, there is definetely urgency (you can tell from the expression used, "good heavens", which clearly indicates surprise.)