Question

Identify personification in the given sentence-
He has wandered into the forest at night, the wind whispered and the leaves giggled. He could sense that he was not alone.
a) Wandered into
b) The wind whispered
c) The leaves giggled
d) He was

Answer 1

Hint: Personification is the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something non-human, or a representation of an abstract quality in human form.

Complete answer:
 Personification occurs when a thing or abstraction is represented as a person. It means the attribution of human nature or character to animals, inanimate objects, especially as a rhetorical figure; a person or thing embodying a quality or the like. For example He is the personification of tact. Another definition is – an act of personifying; a character portrayal or representation in a dramatic or literary work. In the question, we are asked to identify personification in the given sentence. It may have more than one answer.
Now, let us examine all the given options to find out the correct answer :
Option ‘a’ is Wandered into. In the given sentence, ‘wandered into' is used for a boy or a masculine figure as it is denoted by “he”. So this is not personification.
Option ‘b' is the wind whispered. In the given sentence, ‘wind whispered' is used for the wind, which is not human. So this is pure personification. Wind cannot literally whisper.
Option ‘c’ is The leaves giggled. Here, they are talking about the leaves, which are not human and giggling. This is also personification. Leaves cannot literally giggle.
Option ‘d’ is He was. Here we are mentioning ‘he’, which means we are talking about a human being. Thus, this is not personification.
As we have analyzed all the given options, we can easily figure out the correct answer. The personification in the given sentence – ‘He has wandered into the forest at night, the wind whispered and the leaves giggled. He could sense that he was not alone' is ‘the wind whispered' and ‘the leaves giggled'. Hence, the options ‘b’ is ‘c’ are the correct answers.

Note:
Don’t consider ‘wandered into' as your answer. Check to what is the given option related and to whom is that option concerned. Is it a human or non-human thing?