Literature in English WEAC

The dominant literary device used in the passage is?

UNSEEN PROSE AND POETRY

Read the passage and the question

A modest two-room hut built of mud and roofed with straw graciously sheltered the Mensah’s. One of the rooms advertised itself as a living room. The kind earthenware pot willingly kept company with four ever-smiling stools. The pot eternally contained cool water for guests. The second room was a warm-hearted bedroom without a bed. The poor pair had to sleep on bare straw mats on the polished dirt floor Some overwashed rags deputized for blankets and sheets and pillows. Two strong dry logs, facing each other like bitter rivals burned themselves out at night, not merely to keep the couple warm but mainly to ward off hungry mosquitoes and other hostile pests.

There was no door to ward off the cold night air. Some rude devices, however, were contrived to keep the room quite safe from prying eyes and curious domestic animals. Would any thief be ever tempted to peep into such a rude room of such a poor pair?

A. litotes
B. personification
C. simile
D. paradox

Correct Answer:

Option B – personification

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