Question

Read the excerpt from Franklin D. Roosevelt's inaugural address.

Small wonder that confidence languishes, for it thrives only on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of obligations, on faithful protection, on unselfish performance; without them it cannot live.

Using your knowledge of figurative language, the bold-faced section is an example of which technique?

Answer 1

The bold-faced section in the excerpt is an example of personification. Confidence, which is an abstract concept, is given human qualities such as thriving, living, and needing certain virtues to exist.: