What type of figurative language does the underlined sentence include? What purpose does this type of language serve in the passage?

What type of figurative language does the underlined sentence include?  

✔ personification

What purpose does this type of language serve in the passage?  

✔ It contributes to the setting.

I hope you have a nice day!

herodotus taught this. herodotus was an ancient greek historian who was born in halicarnassus in the persian empire. he is known for having written the book the histories, a detailed record of his "inquiry" on the origins of the greco-persian wars.

"a shortage of traditional labor created new opportunities in the workplace. a major cause of the internment of japanese americans during world war ii was. racial prejudice. in the early 1940's, the "destroyers-for-military-bases deal" with great britain and the lend-lease act were evidence that the united states."