Question

.3) “They are the only ones who understand me.

Answer 1

According to the excerpt from Four Skinny Trees"? Here are the lines: They are the only ones who understand me. I am the only one who understands them. Four skinny trees with skinny necks and pointy elbows like mine. Four who do not belong here but are here. Four raggedy excuses planted by the city. From our room we can hear them, but Nenny just sleeps and doesn't appreciate these things.

The figurative language in these sentences is an example of a..

Answer:

Personification

Explanation:

According to the given excerpt, the narrator talks about trees being the only ones who understand him, and he being the only one to understand trees.

From this statement, the figurative language used is personification. This is because, he gives trees the ability to understand human emotions, which is impossible, as trees do not have the ability to think, feel or have emotions.