Answer:
Writers use personification to give human characteristics, such as emotions and behaviors, to non-human things, animals, and ideas. The statement “the story jumped off the page” is a good example of personification.
Explanation:
The personification is: “deathly oppressive silence hangs over the house and clings to me as if it were going to drag me into the deepest regions of the underworld”
The extended metaphor is the line from “I wonder from room to room” to “a voice within me cries”, so the last 7 lines (sorry I didn’t feel like writing the quote out).
Anne is forced to stay in the house/attic every day to avoid being discovered. The attic itself is cramped and stuffy, especially with the 8 other people living there. She feels like a caged animal (a caged songbird in this case) because she is never allowed into the outside world.
You seem to have every kind of verb form present in this selection. I'm going to list them all and what they do.
being blind: It is a participle and it is a participle phrase. But is it an adjective?
was is a linking verb for the main clause. It is not a candidate at all.
set is the predicate of the subordinate clause beginning with except not a candidate.
stood second main clause predicate verb.
gazed a verb form for the main clause.
had died. Main clause verb. Not the answer.
having been long enclosed is close. Unfortunately it is a gerund phrase which is an object of a preposition (from). It likely is the second best answer.
hung main clause verb.
found main clause verb
The rest don't matter they are linking verbs or main clause verbs or subordinate clause verbs.
The only one you really could choose is being blind. It describes street.
