Figure Of Speech

In the sentence "The silence was so profound, it screamed in my ears," the figure of speech used is Personification. Here's why:

• Personification is a figure of speech in which human qualities are attributed to animals, objects, or abstract ideas. In this case, the abstract concept of "silence" is given the human ability to "scream," which is a sound typically associated with human beings or creatures capable of making noises.
• This attribution of a human characteristic (screaming) to something non-human (silence) vividly illustrates how intense the silence is, creating a powerful and dramatic effect.
• Other options like Oxymoron, Metaphor, and Irony do not apply here because the sentence does not juxtapose opposing ideas (Oxymoron), does not make a direct comparison without using "like" or "as" (Metaphor), and does not suggest a meaning opposite to the one stated (Irony).