Which excerpt from Leslie Marmon Silko’s story "The Man to Send Rain Clouds" contains an example of personification?
A.The priest approached the grave slowly, wondering how they had managed to dig into the frozen ground. . . .
B.His fingers were stiff, and it took him a long time to twist the lid off the holy water.
C.The wind pulled the priest’s brown Franciscan robe and swirled away the corn meal and pollen that had been sprinkled on the blanket.
D. He felt good because it was finished, and he was happy about the sprinkling of the holy water. . . .
Answer:
C.The wind pulled the priest’s brown Franciscan robe and swirled away the corn meal and pollen that had been sprinkled on the blanket.
Explanation:
Personification is the literary element that gives human attributes to inanimate objects.
The wind is not a living thing but it is depicted as pulling down the priest's Franciscan robe and swirling away the corn meal and pollen that were already sprinkled on the blanket.
Personification in summary is using human attributes like walking, laughing, crying, singing, etc to depict non living things.
Answer:
The answer is "The cloud" by Percy Bysshe Shelley.
Explanation:
The poet of "the cloud" Shelley, Personified the cloud with human capabilities. This she did to make the poem look alive and actionable. The poem uses the first person point of view in it's narration.
In the first stanza of the poem, The cloud was giving the credit of providing fresh showers and also quenching thirst flowers. in this case, the poet makes the readers to imagine how good the cloud is.
In the poem, the cloud give rain, provide mositure, snow, hail. through the guidiance of thunder and lightning by infused electricity.
Shelley made use of personification in the poem, imagery and also figurative language to make the poem appealing to the readers.
By using a first person point of view shows that the poem is told from the narrator's perspective. and in the poem, the cloud is compared to human life because it changes everyday.
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Answer:
His view point changed about his heritage.
Explanation:
He used to be embarrassed by his grandpas appearance, but through out the story he learns to cope with who he is and his Indian heritage. He also doesn't mind the medicine bag anymore.
