Question

read the selection, and choose the best answer to each question.
a long - awaited meeting

1. the werlach mother ship hung like a fabulous gold and crystal chandelier against the vast black curtain of space, silently spinning. i felt as if i were in a great theater, waiting for the lights to dim and the curtain to rise. who knew what story might be told? as if on cue, the aliens’ transport shuttle detached from the mother ship and started toward our space station. i began to prepare the station crew to greet them.
2. the shuttle floated closer. “something’s not right,” i muttered. “they told us that they were sending a delegation of over thirty werlach, but that ship is barely large enough to hold four adult humans. gregg, did you calibrate our digital translators again? maybe they mistranslated the message.”

read these sentences from paragraph 9.
indeed, a new age was being born with the arrival of this ship. life would change for all of us, whether or not we wanted it to.
why does the author use personification in this paragraph?
a. to explain the process the ship was using to land
b. to compare the moment to an ordinary event in people’s lives
c. to highlight the significance of the moment by comparing it to birth
d. to give a physical description of what the arrival of the ship looked like

Explanation:

The question is about the author's use of personification. Option C says the personification is to highlight the significance of the moment by comparing it to birth (since a new age is born with the ship's arrival). Option A is wrong as the personification isn't about explaining the landing process. Option B is wrong as it's not comparing to an ordinary event. Option D is wrong as it's not a physical description of the ship's look. So C is correct.

Answer:

C. to highlight the significance of the moment by comparing it to birth