USA HISTORY

JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850

JACKSONS INDIAN REMOVAL ACT OF 1830

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
“The wind whistled” is an example of
A
Simile
B
Metaphor
C
Personification
D
Idiom
E
Anaphor
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Personification is a figure of speech in which an inanimate object or an idea is given human qualities. Example: The wind whistled through the trees. Apostrophe is a figure of speech in which the speaker directly addresses someone absent or dead, or addresses an inanimate or abstract object as if it were human.

Detailed explanation-2: -In the line, ‘the wind whistled a high and limestone tune’, the wind has been given human attributes as it is said to be whistling. Hence, we conclude that the above line is an example of personification.

Detailed explanation-3: -Personification. Personification involves giving human qualities and characteristics to nonhuman things. Usually authors use personification to make their work more descriptive. Example: The wind whistled through the trees.

Detailed explanation-4: -An example of personification of wind is: The wind leapt through the open window and scattered across the tile floor. Another example of the personification of wind is the poem “wind” by Subramania Bharati in which the poet talks to the wind and describes the power of wind as destructive. “Wind, come softly.

Detailed explanation-5: -it should be Onomaetopia. Onomaetopia is a figure of speech which is a sound word. Some words are used in the sentence to express imaginary sound.

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