Read the excerpt below and answer the question that follows: "The wind stood up and gave a… — JAMB UTME

Read the excerpt below and answer the question that follows:

"The wind stood up and gave a shout,
It whistled through the glade."

Which literary device is prominently used to describe the wind in the lines above?

Personification is the prominent literary device used in the excerpt.

The option specifying Personification is correct because human attributes such as standing up and shouting are assigned to the wind.

Analyze the action attributed to the subject in the poetic lines.

The wind is described as standing up and shouting.

Standing up and shouting are human behaviors assigned to a natural phenomenon.

Identify the figure of speech that attributes human traits to non-human entities.

This device is defined as personification.

Attributing human qualities to non-human things or inanimate objects constitutes personification.

Personification in Poetic Imagery

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