Question

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

Explanation:

Personification is giving human traits/abilities to non - human things.

• First sentence: A bus is a machine, “worked hard” is a human action, but let's check others.
• Second sentence: A painting is an inanimate object, “screamed” is a human action (screaming to get attention is a human - like behavior).
• Third sentence: Fingernails tapping is a natural action of a part of a human, not personifying a non - human. So the sentence with personification is the one about the painting.

Answer:

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