The word or phrase that is not parallel with the other words or phrases is:
c. playing sports
<em>The question is asking one to identify the word or phrase that does not follow the same pattern or thought. Baseball, soccer, and basketball are all ball sports. Also, these three words represent a sport. Playing sports, therefore, holds no relation with the type of sport that is being mentioned and it is not a sport. </em>
I think it is personification, because personification means to make non living things sound real, and the lines 149-151 follow that. “The taut gut vibrating hummed and sang a swallow’s note.”
