Question

read the excerpt from the green gables letters by l. m. montgomery. the woods are getting ready to sleep—they are not yet asleep but they are disrobing and are having all sorts of little bed - time conferences and whisperings and good - nights. what meaning does the use of personification convey? it conveys the idea that the trees in the woods are tired and ready for bed. it conveys the idea of trees losing their leaves and making noises in the wind. it conveys the idea that the trees in the woods are talking to the author before they go to sleep. it conveys the idea that the trees in the woods are not able to sleep, so they keep talking to one another.

Explanation:

Personification is giving human traits to non - human things. In the text, "the woods are getting ready to sleep—they are not yet asleep but they are disrobing and are having all sorts of little bed - time conferences and whisperings and good - nights". Trees losing leaves can be seen as "disrobing" (like taking off clothes, a human action) and the sounds in the wind as "conferences and whisperings" (human - like social interactions).

Answer:

It conveys the idea that the trees in the woods are losing their leaves and making noises in the wind.