6. when monica walked through the shoe store, each shiny pair of high heels called out to her. what is being…

6. when monica walked through the shoe store, each shiny pair of high heels called out to her. what is being personified? which human trait or quality is given? 7. when the patriots defeated the redcoat army, freedom rang across the fruited plains. what is being personified? which human trait or quality is given? 8. as alice searched for her missing pencil, she said sarcastically, \well, i guess it just walked off of my desk.\ she looked at her classmates accusingly. what is being personified? which human trait or quality is given? 9. kelly was so happy that tom and she were moving in together, but when she walked into her new residence, she dropped her suitcase. she had never seen the inside of the house which toms grandmother had given them, and though she was grateful to receive such a nice gift, the ugly yellow wallpaper in the kitchen screamed at her. she knew she would have a lot of work to do to make her new house livable. what is being personified? which human trait or quality is given? 10. william knew that he shouldnt have eaten the last cookie out of the cookie jar. he knew that his father loved to eat chocolate chip cookies after work, but william ate the last one anyway. now as he waited for his father to come home, guilt poked and chewed at william. as delicious as the cookie was, william now wished that he had never opened that cookie jar. what is being personified? which human trait or quality is given?

6. when monica walked through the shoe store, each shiny pair of high heels called out to her. what is being personified? which human trait or quality is given? 7. when the patriots defeated the redcoat army, freedom rang across the fruited plains. what is being personified? which human trait or quality is given? 8. as alice searched for her missing pencil, she said sarcastically, \well, i guess it just walked off of my desk.\ she looked at her classmates accusingly. what is being personified? which human trait or quality is given? 9. kelly was so happy that tom and she were moving in together, but when she walked into her new residence, she dropped her suitcase. she had never seen the inside of the house which toms grandmother had given them, and though she was grateful to receive such a nice gift, the ugly yellow wallpaper in the kitchen screamed at her. she knew she would have a lot of work to do to make her new house livable. what is being personified? which human trait or quality is given? 10. william knew that he shouldnt have eaten the last cookie out of the cookie jar. he knew that his father loved to eat chocolate chip cookies after work, but william ate the last one anyway. now as he waited for his father to come home, guilt poked and chewed at william. as delicious as the cookie was, william now wished that he had never opened that cookie jar. what is being personified? which human trait or quality is given?

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Brief Explanations:

  • Question 6:
    • Personification is a literary device where non - human things are given human traits. In the sentence “When Monica walked through the shoe store, each shiny pair of high heels called out to her”, the non - human object is “high heels”.
    • The human trait given is “calling out”. In real life, only humans (or animals with vocal cords in a more general sense, but here in a literary context) can call out.
  • Question 7:
    • In the sentence “When the patriots defeated the redcoat army, freedom rang across the fruited plains”, the abstract concept “freedom” is being personified.
    • The human trait is “ringing”. Sounds like ringing are typically associated with humans (e.g., a person can ring a bell, and here freedom is given the ability to “ring” as if it were a person making a sound).
  • Question 8:
    • The non - human object “pencil” is personified in the sentence “Well, I guess it just walked off of my desk”.
    • The human trait is “walking”. Pencils are inanimate objects and do not have the ability to walk on their own; this is a human (or living being) trait.
  • Question 9:
    • The non - human object “ugly yellow wallpaper” is personified in the sentence “the ugly yellow wallpaper in the kitchen screamed at her”.
    • The human trait is “screaming”. Screaming is a human vocal action, and wallpaper, being an inanimate object, cannot actually scream.
  • Question 10:
    • The abstract concept “guilt” is personified in the sentence “guilt poked and chewed at William”.
    • The human traits are “poking” and “chewing”. These are physical actions that humans (or animals) can perform, and guilt, as an abstract emotion, is given these human - like physical actions.

Answer:

  • 6.
    • What is being personified? High heels
    • Which human trait or quality is given? Calling out
  • 7.
    • What is being personified? Freedom
    • Which human trait or quality is given? Ringing
  • 8.
    • What is being personified? Pencil
    • Which human trait or quality is given? Walking
  • 9.
    • What is being personified? Ugly yellow wallpaper
    • Which human trait or quality is given? Screaming
  • 10.
    • What is being personified? Guilt
    • Which human trait or quality is given? Poking and chewing