Question

Q: Which four lines in this excerpt from "Flight" by John Steinbeck contain personification?

Choices:A. The farm buildings huddled like the clinging aphids on the mountain skirts, crouched low to the ground as though the wind might blow them into the sea. . . .B. Five-fingered ferns hung over the water and dropped spray from their fingertips. . . .C. The high mountain wind coasted sighing through the passD. and whistled on the edges of the big blocks of broken granite. . . .E. A scar of green grass cut across the flat.F. Gradually the sharp snaggled edge of the ridge stood out above themG. Pepe had dropped his reins on the horn, leaving direction to the horse

Answer 1

A. The farm buildings huddled like the clinging aphids on the mountain skirts, crouched low to the ground as though the wind might blow them into the sea. . . .

B. Five-fingered ferns hung over the water and dropped spray from their fingertips. . . .

C. The high mountain wind coasted sighing through the pass

D. and whistled on the edges of the big blocks of broken granite. . .

Step-by-step explanation:

These are the four lines that contain personification. Personification is a figure of speech that gives nonhuman objects characteristics that only belong to humans. Option A describes the buildings as "huddled" and "crouched." Option B describes the ferns as having fingers and fingertips. Option C and option D describe the wind as "sighing" and "whistling."