A. The farm buildings huddled like the clinging aphids on the mountain skirts, crouched low to the ground as though the wind might blow them into the sea. . . .
B. Five-fingered ferns hung over the water and dropped spray from their fingertips. . . .
C. The high mountain wind coasted sighing through the pass
D. and whistled on the edges of the big blocks of broken granite. . .
Explanation:
These are the four lines that contain personification. Personification is a figure of speech that gives nonhuman objects characteristics that only belong to humans. Option A describes the buildings as "huddled" and "crouched." Option B describes the ferns as having fingers and fingertips. Option C and option D describe the wind as "sighing" and "whistling."
A. Pause briefly after colons, semicolons, and periods. <span>c. Read capitalized words in a more pronounced manner. </span><span>d. Continue reading if a line doesn’t end with punctuation.
