Question

Read the selection from The American Crisis below and answer the question.

Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods.
What literary device is used in the sentence above?
personification
assonance
repetition
simile

Answer 1

The literary device used in the sentence "Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods." is personification.

Personification is a figure of speech in which an inanimate object or abstract concept is given human qualities or characteristics. In this sentence, "Heaven" is given the human quality of being able to "put a proper price" on its goods.