"along the median of the highway, there was a long stretch of wildflowers. they were thin and delicate and purple. they swayed in the wind as if whispering secrets to one another." in the third sentence which literary devices is used. a. metaphor b. alliteration c. authorial intrusion d. personification

c hydrophobia is the answer

the present continuous is a verb tense which is mainly used to indicates that an action is in progress at the moment of speaking.  

it is formed using: person + verb to be (am/is/are) +verb + - ing form  

example: i am studying at this moment .

in addition, the present continuous is also used in order to express things that will or will not happen in the near future.

example: i am having dinner with some friends tonight.

the speaker sometimes   uses it   to express that an action is repeated and it causes irritation on the part of the speaker

example: my sister is constantly complaining about everything.