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(1) For decades, the forest, hugging the eastern side of Birch Hollow, had no visitors. (2) The villagers there never walked near the forest and never directly looked at it. (3) The forest didn't even exist in their conversations. (4) The forest was all but invisible until a man emerged from its brush. (5) The man's mysterious appearance created unrest within the village. (6) The villagers could no longer ignore the forest.

Which sentence from the passage is an example of personification?
A.
sentence 4
B.
sentence 2
C.
sentence 5
D.
sentence 1

All Answers 1

Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
D. Sentence 1 — "the forest, hugging the eastern side of Birch Hollow" attributes a human action (hugging) to the forest, which is personification.