Question

Q: Which four lines in this excerpt from "Flight" by John Steinbeck contain personification?

Answer 1

Answer:

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."