Which type of figurative language is used in the following line from Martin Luther King, Jr.'s letter?

"This movement is nourished by the contemporary frustration over the continued existence of racial discrimination."

a) Allusion

b) Simile

c) Personification

I'm thinking it's A - Allusion.

Question

Which type of figurative language is used in the following line from Martin Luther King, Jr.'s letter?

"This movement is nourished by the contemporary frustration over the continued existence of racial discrimination."

a) Allusion

b) Simile

c) Personification

I'm thinking it's A - Allusion.

beccaboo333 · Answer

an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.
~google definition

beccaboo333 · Answer

thats what an allusion is

anonymous · Answer

personification. i don't know what i was thinking lol

beccaboo333 · Answer

the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.
~google definition

anonymous · Answer

is it personification then? because its saying the movement was nourished...

beccaboo333 · Answer

i think its allusion