Which device involves giving human attributes to animals, objects, or ideas?

Which device involves giving human attributes to animals, objects, or ideas?

• A. Metaphor
• B. Satire
• C. Personification
• D. Internal Rhyme

Answer: (C)

Giving human attributes to animals, objects, or ideas is personification. This device makes nonhuman things act, feel, or think like people, which helps readers connect with them and creates vivid imagery—like "the wind whispered through the trees" or "the clock swallowed the time." Metaphor directly compares two unlike things without implying human traits (e.g., time is a thief), satire uses humor to critique society, and internal rhyme is a sound pattern inside lines, not about lending human qualities.

Giving human attributes to animals, objects, or ideas is personification. This device makes nonhuman things act, feel, or think like people, which helps readers connect with them and creates vivid imagery—like "the wind whispered through the trees" or "the clock swallowed the time." Metaphor directly compares two unlike things without implying human traits (e.g., time is a thief), satire uses humor to critique society, and internal rhyme is a sound pattern inside lines, not about lending human qualities.