Which one is personification, i need to know quick before the test expires. Sailors have a curious dread of the place.

the dank tropical night that was palpable as it pressed its thick warm blackness in upon the yacht.

I've seen you pick off a moose moving in the brown fall bush at four hundred yards,

It's like moist black velvet."

The dank tropical night that was palpable as it pressed its thick warm blackness in upon the yacht.

Explanation: This is a form of personification, because the sentence states that the tropical forest is pressing a thick warm blackness on the yacht. Personification is giving human like qualities to inanimate objects.

the present continuous is a verb tense which is mainly used to indicates that an action is in progress at the moment of speaking.  

it is formed using: person + verb to be (am/is/are) +verb + - ing form  

example: i am studying at this moment .

in addition, the present continuous is also used in order to express things that will or will not happen in the near future.

example: i am having dinner with some friends tonight.

the speaker sometimes   uses it   to express that an action is repeated and it causes irritation on the part of the speaker

example: my sister is constantly complaining about everything.

i believe that is the truth if thats what you where asking for