Complete the sentence so that it uses personification.
"I can't believe I tripped," Ernest remarked. "The curb must have ()".
jumped out in front of me been higher than I thought
Personification is giving human characteristics to nonhuman things. It is a figure of speech that can be used to make writing more interesting or to emphasize a point.
The trees danced in the wind.
The word danced describes the trees as if they were people. Unlike people, however, trees can't actually dance. Instead, the personification suggests that the trees are moving.
Complete the sentence with the phrase jumped out in front of me. It describes the curb as if it were a mischievous, unpredictable person.