Question

select the correct text in the passage. which sentence in this excerpt from ambrose bierces \an occurrence at owl creek bridge\ uses personification? excepting the group of four at the center of the bridge, not a man moved. the company faced the bridge, staring stonily, motionless. the sentinels, facing the banks of the stream, might have been statues to adorn the bridge. the captain stood with folded arms, silent, observing the work of his subordinates, but making no sign. death is a dignitary who when he comes announced is to be received with formal manifestations of respect, even by those most familiar with him. in the code of military etiquette silence and fixity are forms of deference.

Explanation:

Personification is giving human traits to non-human things. The sentence "Death is a dignitary who when he comes announced is to be received with formal manifestations of respect, even by those most familiar with him" gives Death human qualities: being a dignitary who "comes announced" and is owed respect, treating the abstract concept of death as a person.

Answer:

Death is a dignitary who when he comes announced is to be received with formal manifestations of respect, even by those most familiar with him.