Complete the sentence so that it uses personification.
The butterflies flitted from flower to flower, ().
playing hide-and-seek floating gently
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 playing hide-and-seek. It describes the butterflies as if they were playful children.