Complete the sentence so that it uses personification.
The car engine () as Mr. Harvey tried to start it in the freezing cold.
coughed failed
Personification is giving human characteristics to nonhuman things. It is a figure of speech that can be used to make writing more interesting or to emphasize a point.
The trees danced in the wind.
The word danced describes the trees as if they were people. Unlike people, however, trees can't actually dance. Instead, the personification suggests that the trees are moving.
Complete the sentence with the word coughed. It describes the engine as if it were a person who is sick.