Explanation: personification is a figure of speech that consists in giving human characteristics to non human objects (or animals). In the given sentence we can see an example of personification because it is giving the night-wind (non human object) the ability to breathe (human characteristic). So from the given options, the one that expresses the figure of speech that is in the sentence, is the corresponding to option E: personification.
That's an opinion widely held and I wouldn't argue against Richard Pryor being a great comic because he certainly had well written jokes and a lot of energy in his performances.
