Question

Identify personification in the given sentence:
As he wandered into the forest at night, the wind whispered and the leaves giggled. He could sense that he was not alone.

• A. wandered into
• B. the wind whispered
• C. the leaves giggled
• D. he was

Answer 1

Answer: (B), (C)

The correct options are
B the wind whispered
C the leaves giggled

Personification is a figure of speech, in which inanimate objects or abstract ideas are given human-like qualities; they're spoken of as if they're human beings. For example, "Opportunity knocks at the door but once", opportunity is an abstract idea that is spoken of as if it has hands to knock with. In the given sentence, the wind and leaves are spoken of like human beings that whisper and giggle, hence the phrases in options B and C present personification and, B and C are correct. "Wandered into" is a verb phrase made up of a verb and preposition; "he was" is a phrase made up of a subject and verb. These do not express personification, hence options A and D are incorrect.