Question

select the sentence that uses personification.
no one could ignore the hideous painting, which screamed for the attention of every visitor.
the path was steep and rocky, and the bus worked hard as it made a slow ascent.
her fingernails fascinated me with their endless tapping on the table.

Explanation:

Personification is giving human traits to non - human things.

• In the first sentence, a painting (non - human) is said to “scream” (a human action) for attention.
• In the second sentence, a bus (non - human) is said to “work hard” (a human action).
• The third sentence describes fingernails tapping, which is a natural action of a part of a human, not personifying a non - human.
• Between the first and second, the first sentence's use of “scream” for a painting is a more typical and vivid example of personification as screaming is a very human - like action attributed to an inanimate object.

Answer:

No one could ignore the hideous painting, which screamed for the attention of every visitor.