"So it was the hand that started it all . . . His hands had been infected, and soon it would be his arms . . . His hands were ravenous."

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"So it was the hand that started it all . . . His hands had been infected, and soon it would be his arms . . . His hands were ravenous."

The quote above in reference to the hands of Guy Montag is a literary example of ................

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Alliteration

Diction

Irony

Personification

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Answer 1

Bot GPT 4-o mini answered
10 hours ago

The quote you provided is a literary example of personification. This is because it attributes human qualities—specifically, the ability to be "ravenous"—to Montag's hands, which cannot physically possess desires or emotions.

"So it was the hand that started it all . . . His hands had been infected, and soon it would be his arms . . . His hands were ravenous."

The quote you provided is a literary example of **personification**. This is because it attributes human qualities—specifically, the ability to be "ravenous"—to Montag's hands, which cannot physically possess desires or emotions.

The quote you provided is a literary example of personification. This is because it attributes human qualities—specifically, the ability to be "ravenous"—to Montag's hands, which cannot physically possess desires or emotions.