Which quotations from the passage are examples of personification? Select three options.
Read the passage from Pushing the Bear.
Okonoluftee. Listen to that name. Was it a river? A
town? I couldn't remember. It drove me crazy to hear
the name over and over in my head. Woouh. The trees
were breathing. The chest of the woods moved as the
trees breathe. The woods were taking the Cherokee
into its hands.
"Okonoluftee. Listen to that name."
"Woouh."
"The trees were breathing."
"The chest of the woods moved as the trees
breathe."
"The woods were taking the Cherokee into its
hands."

The trees

were breathing. The chest of the woods moved as the

trees breathe. The woods were taking the Cherokee

into its hands.

Explanation: It's when things that are not human sound like they are.

i pretty sure it is old

explanation:

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themes and meanings

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there are two central themes in  the miracle worker: that the human spirit can triumph over even the most daunting of disabilities and that a dedicated teacher can transform the lives of those with whom he or she comes into contact. these inspirational themes have long been personified in the widely known true-life relationship between helen keller and annie sullivan, but  the miracle worker  also dramatizes collateral issues that extend beyond the particular case. underlying helen’s process of learning basic principles of what annie terms “obedience” (decorum, etiquette, and hygiene), there are more universal lessons of self-governance—the inculcation of self-restraint instead of willfulness, the development of self-discipline instead of self-indulgence. only when these lessons have been mastered can helen begin to acquire language—which, annie says, “is to the mind more than light is to the eye.”