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Read the sentence from the Declaration of Independence. Why is this sentence an example of the use of personification?

They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity

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The word "voice" gives "justice" and "consanguinity" a human quality.

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The word "voice
" gives "justice" and "consanguinity" a human quality.
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