What is the effect of the personification in this excerpt from the passage? It's just you and me now, diving board. I've reached your brink, eddies swirling in the nebulous void beneath you, and all I can hear is a piercing ring. You're just staring at me, maybe through me. Can I ask you something? Do you like orange cream ice pops?

Your question is incomplete because you have not provided the answer options, which are:

it stresses the idea that the anxious narrator views the diving board as an adversary.

it emphasizes the difficulty of diving from a high platform.

it seems to increase the probability that the narrator will perform an unsuccessful dive.

it explains the challenges the narrator faces in learning to dive.

Answer:

it stresses the idea that the anxious narrator views the diving board as an adversary.

Explanation:

Personification refers to the attribution of human qualities to something that is nonhuman. In that respect, the speaker is apprehensive and talks to the diving board as if it were a human being and could understand what is being said. Thus, the speaker tells the diving board that he or she is aware of its verge, movement and sound. Besides, the speaker tries to make small talk with it when he or she asks it whether it likes orange cream ice pops.