<span>the answer is B. The image of luxury and elegance that they project is unstable like the wind blowing through the room</span>
Personification
The ship has human-like characteristics. The sentence is talking as if the ship has the brains to decide it can sigh and hesitate.
You can remember by seeing that the word "person" is in "personification".
She died from pneumonia after three days of suffering. She was much younger than him.
Proverbs 2:6
“For the Lord gives wisdom; from His mouth comes knowledge and understanding.”
Proverbs 3:5-6
“Trust in the Lord with all of your heart and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.”
1 Corinthians 10:31
“So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.”
2 Corinthians 6:14
“Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?”
Proverbs 22:7
“The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower becomes the lender’s slave.”
Philippians 4:8
“Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, dwell on these things.”
Answer: Formal
This excerpt is an example of formal writing. There are several ways in which we can identify this characteristic. The excerpt discusses an academic topic, which is a literary analysis of Emerson's writing. Moreover, the sample uses formal words, such as "stress" and "pre-eminent."
