What type of figurative language is this? The leaves scurried across the backyard while we were playing football.

Personification

Explanation:

Because it's giving a non-living object (the leaves) a human characteristic (scurried)

the purpose of a nonfiction text is to give the text a rap up. for example, when i say : frogs are interesting animals is an ending. then when i say: frogs are unique in different ways. that is an intro.