Question

9.) Read the excerpt below and answer the question.

Evergreen trees wore a dusty coat of brown. The birds were silenced in the forest, and the world lay panting under the live, vibrating heat.

What literary device does Achebe employ in this excerpt from Chapter 14 of Things Fall Apart?

a. irony
b. personification
c. simile
d. symbolism

Answer 1

the answer is b personification

Answer 2

Achebe is using the Literary Element of personification here. Personification is here you give an object human qualities. In the excerpt, Achebe states: "Evergreen trees wore a dusty coat of brown." Can trees wear coats? No. A tree cannot put clothing on, so the tree has been given human qualities.