Question

Which evidence and explanation show how the historical setting contributes to the effect of personification in the passage?

(1 point)
Responses

“So hot that even the thrush chose to hop, like a mechanical bird, in the shadow of the flowers, with long pauses between one movement and the next . . . .”

This shows a type of toy of the time period.

“So hot that even the thrush chose to hop, like a mechanical bird, in the shadow of the flowers, with long pauses between one movement and the next . . . .” This shows a type of toy of the time period.

“and in the drone of the aeroplane the voice of the summer sky murmured its fierce soul”

This expresses the sound of a plane of that time period.

“and in the drone of the aeroplane the voice of the summer sky murmured its fierce soul” This expresses the sound of a plane of that time period.

“Thus one couple after another with much the same irregular and aimless movement passed the flower-bed and were enveloped in layer after layer of green blue vapour, in which at first their bodies had substance and a dash of colour, but later both substance and colour dissolved in the green-blue atmosphere.”

This expresses how the people move in the garden.

“Thus one couple after another with much the same irregular and aimless movement passed the flower-bed and were enveloped in layer after layer of green blue vapour, in which at first their bodies had substance and a dash of colour, but later both substance and colour dissolved in the green-blue atmosphere.” This expresses how the people move in the garden.

“But there was no silence; all the time the motor omnibuses were turning their wheels and changing their gear; like a vast nest of Chinese boxes all of wrought steel turning ceaselessly one within another the city murmured;”

This shows how a bus of the time moved in the

Answer 1

“But there was no silence; all the time the motor omnibuses were turning their wheels and changing their gear; like a vast nest of Chinese boxes all of wrought steel turning ceaselessly one within another the city murmured;”

Explanation: The references to motor omnibuses and wrought‑steel machinery place the passage in an industrial/modern setting; the mechanical sounds are described as a human action (“the city murmured”), so the historical details (cars, metal, ceaseless motion) create the effect of personification by making the city seem alive and vocal.