Question

The bear used the trunk of the tree to give himself a manicure.

Personification or Hyperbole?

Answer 1

Answer: Personification
Explanation:
The author is not exaggerating the phrase he is simply giving the characteristics of a human to the bear by saying he was giving himself a manicure with the tree trunk

Answer 2

Hyperbole

Step-by-step explanation:

As personification is when an inanimate object is given characteristics of something living, like "the sun smiled at me" The sentence does not do that, so it is hyperbole.

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