<em>Personification has to with giving human attributes to non-human objects.</em> In this case, there is no such thing as a "physical heartbeat of the group." A group cannot have a heartbeat. However, figures of speech (personification is one of them) are helpful in order to effectively convey a message.
Personification helps send the reader a message that the activist group acts as one body. It lets the audience know that the activist group is united, acts as a solid community, and as one united front. Therefore, using personification creates a stronger tone that effectively conveys a message.
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The American poet Linda Pastan published "To a Daughter Leaving Home" in her 1998 collection Carnival Evening. The poem is addressed to the speaker's daughter and recounts a memory in which the speaker teaches the daughter how to ride a bike. At first, the daughter tries to find her balance while the speaker remains by her side. Soon enough, though, the daughter zooms away, terrifying the speaker in the process. The speaker quickly sees how happy and thrilled the daughter is to be riding a bike on her own, however, and in this way the poem spotlights both the anxieties and joys of parenthood
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The best definition for the underlined word based on the following sentence, would be "A) Put off"
