Writing - MAP 7th Grade Language Usage

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Kate's teacher wants Kate to use more personification in her writing. Select the answer that would accomplish this by replacing the underlined portion of the sentence provided.

The television refused to work during the wind storm.

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Answer

Writers use personification to give human characteristics to inanimate or non-living objects.

In this case, we are looking for a word to replace "work"; however, the new word needs to possess human characteristics or attributes (i.e. something that a human would do, that an object can't do). In this sentence, the best answer is "behave."

The television refused to behave during the wind storm.

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