Applying human qualities to non-human things ?
Correct answer: A. personification
- A. personification
- B. onomatopoeia
- C. alliteration
- D. none of the above
Explanation
Personification gives human actions, emotions, or qualities to non-human things, as in “the wind whispered.” The other options concern sound patterns rather than humanizing objects.
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