Question 4 unsaved the water beckoned invitingly to the hot swimmers. this example uses question 4 options: alliteration hyperbole idiom personification

The correct answer is D, personification.

Personification involves giving human qualities to inanimate objects. In this sentence, the water "beckoned." To beckon means to gesture to someone to come closer -- a distinctly human action.

Therefore, this sentence uses personification to give water a human quality.