11) Troy chuckled. Then they sat in silence as darkness swirled around them. Light glowed from windows thrown hopefully open to the faint breeze. Above them, the stars winked on in the charcoal sky. In the distance, leftover fireworks crackled and fizzled. The night was ripe with memories to be made.

What type of figurative language is used to describe the stars in paragraph 11?

a. Simile
b. Personification
c. Metaphor
d. Paradox