Which technique is used in 'the marrows sprawled across the path as if they owned it'?
By August the allotments had turned into a patchwork of greedy green. Runner beans scrambled up their canes and flopped over the top in a tangle of scarlet flowers, while the marrows sprawled across the path as if they owned it. Mr Bell's shed, its roof patched with a political poster, leaned slightly to the left. Bees drifted lazily between the sunflowers, and the air smelled of tomatoes, warm soil and the bonfire smoke that always seemed to drift from somewhere. A radio crackled with cricket. Nobody hurried here. Even the watering cans seemed to move more slowly, their spouts dripping silver into the dust.
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: C. Personification
- Step 1: The marrows are given a human attitude, as if they owned the path.
- Step 2: Giving human qualities to non-human things is personification.
Answer
Personification.
Why not the others: Onomatopoeia: This is when words imitate sounds, and no such word is used here. Alliteration: The sentence does not repeat an initial consonant sound in a pattern. Rhetorical question: The sentence is a statement, not a question.
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