Question

select the one sentence that contains an example of personification in the excerpt below.
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slim and george came into the darkening bunk house together. slim reached up over the card table and turned on the tin - shaded electric light. instantly the table was brilliant with light, and the cone of the shade threw its brightness straight downward, leaving the corners of the bunk house still in dark. slim sat down on a box and george took his place opposite.
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Explanation:

To identify personification, we look for non - human entities given human - like actions. In the sentence "instantly the table was brilliant with light, and the cone of the shade threw its brightness straight downward, leaving the corners of the bunk house still in dark", the "cone of the shade" is a non - human object. The verb "threw" is an action that is typically associated with humans. So this sentence uses personification by giving the shade (a non - human entity) the human - like ability to throw.

Answer:

instantly the table was brilliant with light, and the cone of the shade threw its brightness straight downward, leaving the corners of the bunk house still in dark