Anthony felt like he had finally overcome his fear of writing. Once he put pen to paper, the writing came easier and easier. He felt elated as he watched the words dance across the page. Which literary device do the bold words represent?

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Anthony felt like he had finally overcome his fear of writing. Once he put pen to paper, the writing came easier and easier. He felt elated as he watched the words dance across the page.

Which literary device do the bold words represent?

A. implied metaphor

B.  imagery

C.  simile

D.  personification

The literary device the bold words represent is:

D. personification.

Explanation:

Personification is a literary device used by authors to give human qualities or characteristics to objects, animals, or even ideas. By doing so, they make their writing more descriptive, poetic, and imaginative. In the passage we are analyzing here, personification is used when the words are described as having the ability to dance. Of course words cannot dance. But, by describing them in this manner, the speaker evokes a sense of beauty, harmony, and effortlessness in readers, a sense that is related to dancing.