Question

Which of the following lines is an example of personification?

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.
He stood still as an oak tree.
The great oak seemed to laugh with him.
He felt like a great oak.

Answer 1

The great oak seemed to laugh with him.

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Answer 2

The great oak seemed to laugh with him.

Step-by-step explanation:

Personification is basically when a writer gives human traits/abilities to something that isn't living. Since an oak tree, literally speaking, cannot laugh, this line would be personification since it's describing exactly that.