Question

which passage contains an example of personification?

a. as we ventured west in search of greater freedom, it only made sense to start calling our van the mayflower.

b. we sat in awe as the artist’s brush darted across the canvas like a hummingbird.

c. the lightning cracked across the sky, kindly warning us to venture no farther.

d. i would swim across the atlantic ocean for another one of those hamburgers.

Explanation:

Personification is giving human traits to non-human things.

• Option A is a metaphor (renaming a van).
• Option B is a simile (comparing brush to hummingbird with "like").
• Option C gives lightning the human trait of being "kindly" and "warning", which is personification.
• Option D is hyperbole (exaggerated statement).

Answer:

C. The lightning cracked across the sky, kindly warning us to venture no farther.