Concept:Personification is a literary device that gives human actions, feelings, or characteristics to non-human objects or forces.
It treats the sea or nature as if it can behave like a living person or animal.
Explanation:In these lines, the “waters” are described with the verbs “roared,” “snarled,” and “flapped.”
These are living, energetic actions, not normally performed by water.
In the same way, the “yacht” is called “battered” and “weeping,” which gives the ship human emotions of sorrow and pain.
This makes the sea appear violent and angry, while the yacht appears helpless and sad.
Because both the water and the yacht are given living qualities, the device used is personification.
The other options do not fit: there is no comparison with “like” or “as” (simile), no strong repeated consonant sound as a central effect (alliteration), and no dominant vowel sound pattern (assonance).
Answer:D. personification