Maycomb was an old town but it was a tired old town when i first knew it in rainy weather the streets turned to red slop grass grew on the sidewalks and the courthouse sagged in the square.
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I believe the answer is idiom, the phrase is not comparing anything so simile and metaphor is out of the question, also personification is giving a non living thing human characteristics.
Eliza tried humming it before she tried to sing the song.
8) D that’s the only one I know for sure. Have a good day