15. What impact does the personification of the speaker’s heart and the imagined conversation between the speaker and her heart have on the tone in Passage 4?
A. The literary devices work together to create a scornful tone.
B. The literary devices work together to create an ironic (unexpected) tone of
understatement.
C. Both literary devices impart (communicate) a tone of sadness and regret.
D. The literary devices together create a whimsical (playful/amusing) tone.