Question

review the passage. the personification is shown in bold.
i pulled the pink woolen cap down over my ears and tugged my coat closed near my throat. despite my bundled layers, januarys teeth bit sharp. my fingers had lost all feeling. pieces of my hair, frozen crisp to my collar, tore as i turned my head. so i thought of august.
my eyes dropped closed.
and then they opened.
a russian soldier was there.
he leaned over me with a light, poking my shoulder with his pistol.
from ruta sepetys, salt to the sea. copyright 2016 by ruta sepetys
what is the effect of the personification on the passages meaning or tone?
it illustrates how cold it is.
it implies the narrator is hungry.
it creates a sense of sadness.

Explanation:

The personification is "January’s teeth bit sharp". January (a month) is given human - like "teeth" that "bit" sharp. Biting with sharp teeth and the narrator's bundled layers and numb fingers suggest cold. The option about hunger is irrelevant as there's no hunger - related context. Sadness isn't conveyed here; the focus is on the cold. So the correct option is the one that says it illustrates how cold it is.

Answer:

It illustrates how cold it is.