Question

Can you formulate a theory about writers using metaphors and personification? a. Writers use metaphor and personification to emphasize something or make it stand out. Both make the material more interesting and often create a new way to look at every day things. b. Writers use metaphor and personification to understate something or make it stand out. Both make the material more interesting and often create a new way to look at every day things. c. Writers use metaphor and personification to minimize something or make it stand out. Both make the material more interesting and often create a new way to look at every day things. d. Writers use metaphor and personification to devalue something or make it stand out. Both make the material more interesting and often create a new way to look at every day things.

Answer 1

a. is correct

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

a. Writers use metaphor and personification to emphasize something or make it stand out. Both make the material more interesting and often create a new way to look at every day things.

Writers use figures of speech for imagery--comparing two ideas to design a vivid illustration in the readers' minds. The imagination accentuates and highlights an idea in a more dramatic way.
It does not understate, minimize or devalue an idea.