Question

question 5 of 10
which best describes the relationship between personification and empathy?

a. personification inspires the reader to have more emotion toward
other people.

b. the use of personification is more emotional than other figures of
speech.

c. when poets use personification, they focus on description rather
than feelings.

d. when using personification, the poet must imagine how
something else might feel.

Explanation:

Personification is giving human traits (like feelings) to non-human things. Empathy is the ability to understand others' feelings. For personification, the poet must practice empathy by imagining the non-human subject's perspective, which directly links the two concepts. Option A is incorrect because personification targets non-humans, not other people. Option B is wrong as it does not address the relationship to empathy. Option C is false because personification often centers on evoking/imagining feelings, not just description.

Answer:

D. When using personification, the poet must imagine how something else might feel.