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Looking Out for Others: Allegory in "Aunty Misery"

Question 5 • FL-1001040-M/J Language Arts 2 B

Which excerpt has an example of personification?

Answer
A
The children squealed like frightened mice after they were caught.
B
Fresh pear juice dripped in golden raindrops from his messy chin.
C
Villagers looked as tired and wilted as a bouquet of dried flowers.
D
The old tree raised her gnarly branches to touch the summer sky.

Explanation

Personification gives a nonhuman thing a human quality or action. In choice D, the old tree is described as “her” and as raising its branches to touch the sky, making the tree seem human. The other choices use comparisons or figurative descriptions, but do not give a nonhuman thing a human action.

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