Question

Which is the BEST example of personification? A) The snow was piled up as high as the front door. B) The wind kicked up all the leaves we raked this morning. Eliminate C) We were as thirsty as camels when we came in from the sun. D) We worried about the flowers getting enough water in the terrible heat.

Answer 1

B) The wind kicked up all the leaves we raked this morning.

Step-by-step explanation:

Personification means to give human traits to non-humans.

In this answer choice, the wind (non-human) kicked (human-trait) up all the leaves we raked this morning.

Note that the wind is not a human, yet it is described as doing something a human would do, which is kick. This is an example of using personification.

Another example, can be:

The door moaned loudly as it slowly creaked open.

A door does not moan, it is a human trait that is used to describe the noise the door made.

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