Select the choice which displays an example of personification.

A) He ordered a big plate of the "jumbo shrimp."

B) From the air at night, the ship looked like a lighted birthday cake.

C) That vending machine obviously doesn't like me; it keeps eating my money! D) The man was a slippery snake, who always managed to slither out of trouble.

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2 April, 11:37

Select the choice which displays an example of personification.

A) He ordered a big plate of the "jumbo shrimp."

B) From the air at night, the ship looked like a lighted birthday cake.

C) That vending machine obviously doesn't like me; it keeps eating my money! D) The man was a slippery snake, who always managed to slither out of trouble.

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Breanna Mahoney · Answer 1

Personification is the act of giving human traits to non living or inanimate objects/things.

Answer: C) That vending machine obviously doesn't like me; it keeps eating my money!

A vending machine cannot eat; eating is a trait for a living thing.

Aileen Bautista · Answer 2

C - the use of "eating" is a commonly human behaviour and also the capability of emotions of "like" depicts the vending machine as a person and is therefore prominent personification