Which excerpt from the passage uses figurative language to communicate the idea that thomas wishes he had made better choices the past? a. the bell called out, laughing at him. that’s what you get, it chuckled b. thomas had played sick twice, and now he was actually sick and out of chances. c. he craddle a box of tissues in his arm like a newborn baby. d. he hadn’t studied for the final exam.

The excerpt from the passage that uses figurative language to communicate the idea that Thomas wishes he had made better choices in the past is:

A. The bell called out, laughing at him. That's what you get, it chuckled.

Figurative language is a rhetorical device that is used in order to convey a message. There are many literary devices that are considered figurative language, these include similes, metaphors, personification, onomatopoeia, hyperbole, allusion, understatements, symbolism, alliteration, etc. Options B, C and D state facts. However, in option A, personification is used. Personification is whenever one gives human characteristics to an object. The bell is an object and therefore cannot call out, talk or laugh. The author uses personification in order to communicate that Thomas wishes he had made better choices.