Personification is basically taking an inanimate object and describing it as something only living things can do.
Ex: The wind howled
The wind isn't alive, so it can't howl
A sentence taken word for word from a book is called a DIRECT quotation.
<span>When reading a play, it is important to use stage directions in order to _____.</span>I'm almost 100% certain that this is your correct answer
envision the action
Sentence 3 because it describes the story