by Alejandro Morales
One afternoon after getting his pay, he went to his room in the bachelors’ quarters, packed a small duffel bag and followed the sun to the West Coast. 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. He saved his money and sent funds to his sister and her husband. The couple eventually came to Southern California.
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.
In which sentence from the passage does the author use personification?
(1 point)
Responses
“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.”
“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 saved his money and sent funds to his sister and her husband.”
“He saved his money and sent funds to his sister and her husband.”
“One afternoon after getting his pay, he went to his room in the bachelors’ quarters, packed a small duffel bag and followed the sun to the West Coast.”
“One afternoon after getting his pay, he went to his room in the bachelors’ quarters, packed a small duffel bag and followed the sun to the West Coast.”
“He remained in San Francisco with his wife, had two boys and worked in what seemed to be never-ending construction.”
1 answer
The sentence that uses personification is:
“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.”
In this sentence, "love caught him" personifies love as if it has the ability to catch someone, which attributes human-like characteristics to an abstract concept.
