Which sentence is the best example of personification? a. "watch out! " walter cried, waving his arms frantically. b. the pines shed their needles and seemed to shiver in the cold. c. in the 105-degree weather, the city became a vast microwave oven. d. the lazy cats lay like discarded laundry on the thick rug.

The correct answer is B. The pines shed their needles and seemed to shiver in the cold.

Explanation:

In general terms, personification occurs when human qualities or traits are assigned to non-humans. This means emotions, sensations, gestures, body parts, actions, etc. that are human are given to animals or objects usually to create a metaphor. According to this, the one that is an example of personification is "The pines shed their needles and seemed to shiver in the cold" because in this case the quality "shiver in the cold" has been given to the pines, even though these are not human and therefore they cannot "shive in the cold", although these words are used to express the movement of the pines due to the wind.