Question #N896
The author uses several literary devices to highlight the contrast between the natural world and the human world. For example, the author uses imagery to describe the beauty of the natural world. The author also uses personification to give human qualities to the natural world, such as when the author describes the river as “whispering” secrets. What literary technique is used in the passage?
Which of the following best describes the literary technique used in the passage?
A. Irony
B. Imagery
C. Personification
D. Simile
Correct Answer is: C
Personification is a literary technique that gives human qualities to inanimate objects or abstract ideas. In this passage, the river is described as "whispering" secrets, which gives the river a human quality.