Which of the following sentences use personification?
(A) The jealous wind snatched Riya’s dupatta and ran off with it down the lane.
(B) Papa paced up and down the hospital corridor all through that nervous night.
(C) Every winter morning, my warm blanket begs me to stay in bed for five more minutes.
(D) My two-year-old brother is a little tornado in our small flat.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → (A) and (C) only
Personification gives human qualities or actions to a thing, an animal or an idea.
(A) The jealous wind snatched Riya’s dupatta and ran off with it down the lane. — Correct.
- The wind is “jealous” and it “snatched” the dupatta and “ran off”, as a person would.
(B) Papa paced up and down the hospital corridor all through that nervous night. — Incorrect.
- This is a transferred epithet, because “nervous” is Papa’s feeling, moved to the word “night”.
(C) Every winter morning, my warm blanket begs me to stay in bed for five more minutes. — Correct.
- The blanket “begs” the speaker to stay in bed, and only a person can beg.
(D) My two-year-old brother is a little tornado in our small flat. — Incorrect.
- This is a metaphor, because it says the brother “is a little tornado” without “like” or “as”.