The phrase that gives an example of personification in the excerpt is "love caught him." Personification is when human traits or actions are attributed to non-human things or concepts, and in this case, "love" is described as being able to "catch" someone, which is a human action.
River of Angels
by Alejandro Morales
The year was 1900, the dawn of a new century, when Rodia arrived in San Francisco, where love caught him, and a year later he was married. He remained in San Francisco with his wife, had two boys and worked in what seemed to be never-ending construction. Everywhere he looked there was a house, a building, a bridge, streets, parks being constructed.
Excerpt from "River of Angels" by Alejandro Morales is being reprinted with permission from the publisher (©Arte Público Press - University of Houston)
Question
Use the passage to answer the question.
Which phrase in this excerpt gives an example of personification?
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Responses
everywhere he looked
everywhere he looked
love caught him
love caught him
the dawn of a new century
the dawn of a new century
never-ending construction
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