Question

Which figure of speech is the following line an example of?

The wind screamed and howled all night long.


A) simile
B) personification
C) alliteration
D) onomatopoeia

Answer 1

B) personification.
screaming and howling are things that people do, not wind. Hence it is personfied.

Answer 2

B) Personification

Step-by-step explanation:

Personification is a figure of speech that gives human attributes (like singing, pondering, screaming...) to non-animated object or to nonhuman beings such as an animal, an element of nature, an event, an emotion or any other object. The line provided uses this figure of speech because it gives "the wind", an element of nature, two human attributes: to scream and howl as if the wind has the consciousness and will to perform such actions as humans do.