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Which of the following sentences contains personification?

A
The spiderwebs stuck to my skin.

B
The floorboards moaned and groaned beneath me.

C
A wind blew, and a door opened with a creak.

D
Slowly and stealthily, I slipped inside.

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Answer:

B. The floorboards moaned and groaned beneath me.

Step-by-step explanation:

In this sentence, the floorboards are given human-like qualities of moaning and groaning. Personification is a figure of speech in which non-human objects or ideas are given human-like qualities or attributes.

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