In The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man, the narrator's description of New York City as a female person is what type of figurative language?

If the narrator's description of A object that is not living and is being described as something that is living than its called personification

third person

explanation:

note the usage of names and pronouns, "james" & "the old man". this alone can confirm it as third person, as first person uses "i" and the like, while second person uses "you" and the like.

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