Question

Which of the following lines is an example of personification?

The great oak seemed to laugh with him.
He felt like a great oak.
He stood still as an oak tree.
The old black witch-woman worked on them all summer, every summer, down on her creaky knees, weeding and cultivating and arranging, while the house crumbled and John Burke rocked.

Answer 1

The great oak seemed to laugh with him would be personification.

Explanation: The author gives the tree human qualities which is why it would be personification.

Answer 2

a. the great oak seemed to laugh with him.