Question

What literary device is used in "smiling as in scorn"?

• A. Metaphor
• B. Personification
• C. Hyperbole
• D. Alliteration

Answer 1

Answer:

B. Personification

• Personification is a literary device where human qualities are given to non-human things.

• In "smiling as in scorn," the forest or wood is described as if it can "smile" mockingly, which is a human action.

• Since a forest cannot literally smile or scorn, this is a clear example of personification.