An author's purpose in using rhetoric is to 'create a certain effect for the reader'. that is, to persuade them, to make them feel some emotions, etc.
Answer:
The correct answer is <em>"The lizard grinnin..."</em>
Explanation:
<em>Personification can be defined to be a figure of speech in which a thing, an idea or an animal is given human attributes. </em>The non-human objects are portrayed in a way that we feel that they have the ability to act like human beings due to the attribute ascribed to them.
The attribute <u><em>grinning which is a human attribute for smiling is ascribed to an animal-Lizard.</em></u>
