Which best describes the relationship between personification and empathy

a) personification inspires the reader to have more emotion toward other people

b) the use of personification is more emotional than other figures of speech

c) when poets use personification they focus on descriptions rather than feelings

d) when using personification the poet must imagine how something else might feel

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Winston Ho

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24 May, 15:14

Which best describes the relationship between personification and empathy

a) personification inspires the reader to have more emotion toward other people

b) the use of personification is more emotional than other figures of speech

c) when poets use personification they focus on descriptions rather than feelings

d) when using personification the poet must imagine how something else might feel

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Roland Hicks · Answer 1

Personification is a literary device, by which a writer makes a non-human thing have human behavior. Therefore, the correct option should be

d) when using personification the poet must imagine how something else might feel

Mariana Henson · Answer 2

I believe the answer is d