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Can someone explain why this sentence is a personificatio: It was set on a high bluff,and on three side of it cliffs dived down to where the sea licked greedy lips in the shadow.

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Explanation: personification mean to give human traits to a non human object or thing licking lips is a human trait a sea cant lick its lips and thats personification

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It’s saying the sea “licked greedy lips” the Sea doesn’t have lips so it’s a type of personification because it’s giving a non living thing humanistic characters.
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