Read the passage from "The Necklace."

At last they found on the quay one of those ancient night cabs which, as though they were ashamed to show their shabbiness during the day, are never seen round Paris until after dark.

Which type of figurative language does the author use in this selection?

personification

simile

symbolism

hyperbole

Answer: A) Personification.

Explanation: personification is a figure of speech that consists in giving human characteristics to non human objects (or animals). In the given passage from "The Necklace" we can see an example of personification, because it is saying that the cabs (non human objects) were ashamed to show their shabbiness (being ashamed is a human characteristic). So the correct answer is option A.