I don't believe you meant homonym because it is when two words sound the same but have different meanings and are spelled the same, but I think you meant Homophones
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Mode and Lode don't sound the same
and neither do fervor and fever
Way and Weigh on the other hand do sound the same
Way and weigh are your answers
<u><em>Personification </em></u>is the attribution of a human characteristic to something non -human. In this sentence the strings stand for a musical instrument, which is non-human. The strings cannot sing a song like humans can.
Question: which object or concept is personified here?
Answer: C. strings