Question

Which of the following is an example of personification?
a. "And ice came floating by, as green as emerald."
c. "And a good south wind sprung up behind."
b. "The storm blast came, and he was tyrannous and strong."
d. "Each turned his face with a ghastly pang, and cursed me with his eye."

Answer 1

B. Because b personize the storm as strong and tyrannous with using the word he, but not storm

Answer 2

Answer: B) "The storm blast came, and he was tyrannous and strong."

Explanation: personification is a figure of speech that consists in giving human characteristics to non human objects (or animals). From the given options, the sentence that represents an example of personification, is the corresponding to option B, because using description, it is giving the storm (non human object) the ability to be tyrannous and strong (human characteristics).