"The ball drops to the ground at the boy's feet. It
lies there stunned, quivering, containing flight
beneath its smooth skin."
Why does the author use personification in this
quotation?
(A) The baseball game symbolizes the love of
the family.
B The description mimics the boy's
disappointment.
The author is showing the distance the ball
has traveled.
(DThe author is comparing the ball to a bird.

The description mimics the boy's   disappointment(B)

Explanation:

Personification: Means that we are using human qualities to define the non-human thing.

In the above question the BOY 'S Disappointments is  a Non-Human Thing and the human qualities used are stunned, quivering, containing flight  beneath its smooth skin

Example of Personification are:

the tone of the passage is sympathetic to the forbidden love of romeo and juliet. the nurse plays a significant role in the play. she is responsible for making their meeting again possible. additionally, there is a sense of warning in the choice of words of the nurse. she seems to be authoritative when she calls romeo "scurvy knave", and at the same time the fact that she addresses to him as "sir" reflects respect. the nurse is "vexed", this word describes her confused state of mind. on the one hand, she finds romeo a fine and eloquent man, but on the other, it is thought that man's nature forces men to try to trick women.  

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