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let's tackle this English question.

The question asks to identify the figure of speech used in the sentence: "The wind whispered secrets through the trees."

  1. Analyze the sentence.

    The sentence describes the wind as "whispering secrets."

  2. Consider the nature of "whispering secrets." This is an action typically performed by humans.

  3. Identify the literary device where human qualities or actions are attributed to inanimate objects or abstract ideas.

    This device is called personification.

  4. Apply this to the sentence.

    The wind, an inanimate force of nature, is given the human action of whispering secrets.

    Therefore, the figure of speech used is personification.

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