These are homophones, words which sound identical but have different meaning.
There's a lot of personification, because each item is "saying". Personification is when a non-living things does something that only things that live do, for instance "saying"
The answer is:
"When he made 6 free-throws in a row, Joel refuted Steve's claim that he couldn't shoot baskets."
during the time before the renaissance, the church was the centerpiece to everyone's life. therefore, <u>true</u>