Read the following sentence.

The washing machine danced across the basement floor.

What literary device is used in this sentence?

1. Symbolism

2. Personification

3. Simile

4. Alliteration

Correct Answer:

Option 1. Personification

Personification means to attribute the human behavior or characteristic to something nonhuman. In the given sentence the human characteristic i. e. dance is being attributed to a nonhuman i. e. washing machine. Therefore, the literary device being used in the sentence is Personification.