Match the figures of speech to the excerpts from macbeth in which they appear

1. personification

2.apostrophe

3.personification

Personification is whenever one attributes human characteristics to a non-human object or idea. Apostrophe, on the other hand, has to do with speaking directly to someone who is absent or dead.

Excerpt 1: Personification. In this excerpt sleep is personified. One is unable to murder sleep. It also describes sleep as the "chief nourisher in life's feast."

Excerpt 2: Apostrophe. Lady Macbeth is talking a to a dead man. It is clear that he is dead because she states "who could have thought the old man to have had so much blood in him?"

Excerpt 3: Personification. Macbeth talks about pity "like a naked new born". A naked new born is a human characteristic.

the correct answer is c. he speculates on what might happen at given points in the future in a world without people. alan h. weisman is an american author, professor, and journalist. authors organize their information with a purpose. they present their ideas in an organized way. this is called text structure. weisman uses text structure so as to improve overall comprehension and to prove his points.

c. barbarians with unexpected intelligence