10 examples of nonliving things are:
1. Rocks
2. Sofas.
3. Pencils.
4. Wheels.
5. Erasers.
6. Footballs.
7. Pencil pouch.
8. Lamp.
9. Shingles.
10. Laptop.
This is an example of personification. Hope this helped!
To prepare the readers for the end of the story (A)