The book peered at me from the shelf. I picked it up. As I flipped through the pages, I could tell the book had a story it wanted to share with me.

Identify examples of personification in the passage. Check all that apply.

“the book peered at me from the shelf”
“I picked it up”
“as I flipped through the pages”
“the book had a story it wanted to share”

Respuesta :

Answer:

The correct answers are:

- the book peered at me from the shelf

- the book had a story it wanted to share

Explanation:

Personification represents a literary device that consists of the attribution of human characteristics to nonhuman things or objects, by representing abstract qualities in human form.

In our excerpt, the speaker gives human qualities to a book, as the book itself cannot peer at someone, neither it cannot want to share a story with someone.  

Answer:

A and D

Explanation:

They both show personification