In the story, "The Boy who was Afraid" by Armstrong Sperry, we learn of Mufatu's fear of the sea. In describing the hurricane that crashed his mother's canoe, the author used the line; "it seized the frail Craft". The language that is used in this line is personification.
- Personification is the description of inanimate things with the attributes of humans. The craft is described as frail.
- Normally, it is humans who assume a frail form due to sickness or other conditions. The description of the craft as frail shows that it was now weak.
- The hurricane seizing the craft is also another form of personification because the hurricane has no hands to seize the craft.
- Summarily, the language form used here is personification.
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