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The football player was thrown out of the class by Ms.Stumpf
D. all these oppressed me.
Change the time it was set - this would alter the characters and some of the language used
The correct answer is D, personification.
Personification involves giving human qualities to inanimate objects. In this sentence, the water "beckoned." To beckon means to gesture to someone to come closer -- a distinctly human action.
Therefore, this sentence uses personification to give water a human quality.
I think it's because she was already married and he knows this. It could also be because of the potion that he knows she is not ready.