Question

59:21 Read the excerpt from The Green Gables Letters by L. M. Montgomery. The woods are getting ready to sleep—they are not yet asleep but they are disrobing and are having all sorts of little bed-time conferences and whisperings and good-nights. What meaning does the use of personification convey? It conveys the idea that the trees in the woods are tired and ready for bed. It conveys the idea of trees losing their leaves and making noises in the wind. It conveys the idea that the trees in the woods are talking to the author before they go to sleep. It conveys the idea that the trees in the woods are not able to sleep, so they keep talking to one another.

Answer 1

It conveys the idea of trees losing their leaves and making noises in the wind.

Step-by-step explanation:

The author's use of personification in this context shows that the woods are shedding their leaves. Personification involves the attribution of the qualities of a living thing to a non-living thing. The trees shed their leaves during the dry season and that ushers them into a state of unproductivity till they feel the rains and come to life again.

On a similar note, the trees in the woods being spoken of by the author are shedding their leaves and this is catalyzed by the winds which blow them about as they make some whispering noises.