Personification is a literary technique where the writer gives human qualities to inanimate objects/nature. Find and write down two sentences which use this device. in the most dangeours game novel

Two examples of personification in "The most dangerous game" are the phrases:

"Trying to peer through the dank tropical night that was palpable as it pressed its thick warm blackness in upon the yacht"  

"A sharp hunger was picking at him."

Explanation:

As stated in the question above, personification is the figure of speech that allows inanimate objects and elements of nature to have human characteristics. In the first sentence shown above, the narrator may affirm that the night was palpable, being that "being palpable" is not a characteristic of the night, but of the human being. The second sentence is also an example of personification, since the narrator states that hunger had the capacity to torment, and this is a human capacity.

some sort of sound device i believe.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)