Question

when you use figurative language, you say or write something in a creative way. your writing goes beyond the literal meaning of your words.
metaphor and simile are two types of figurative language. both use comparisons. a simile compares two things that are alike in some way using the words \like\ or \as.\ metaphors do not use the words \like\ or \as\ and instead suggest that one thing is the other.
writers use personification when they give a human quality to something nonhuman.
which of the excerpts is an example of personification?
choose one option
a well, son, ill tell you:/ life for me aint been no crystal stair/ its had tacks in it,/
and splinters,/ and boards torn up,/ and places with no carpet on the floors/ bare.
b id love to take a poem to lunch/ or treat it to a wholesome brunch/ of fresh cut
fruit and apple crunch.
c i wandered lonely as a cloud/ that floats on high oer vales and hills,/ when all at
once i saw a crowd,/ a host, of golden daffodils;
d the moons a snowball. see the drifts/ of white that cross the sphere./ the
moons a snowball, melted down/ a dozen times a year.

Explanation:

To determine the example of personification, we check which option gives a human quality to a non - human entity.

• Option A: This is a metaphor, comparing life to a non - crystal stair.
• Option B: The poem is treated as a human (being taken to lunch, treated to brunch), which is personification as a non - human (poem) is given human - like treatment.
• Option C: This is a simile, comparing the speaker's wandering to a cloud using "as".
• Option D: This is a metaphor, comparing the moon to a snowball.

Answer:

B. I'd love to take a poem to lunch/ or treat it to a wholesome brunch/ of fresh cut fruit and apple crunch.