What does the personification in this text suggest?
Alvin tried to ignore his unfinished essay, but it glared at him from across the room.
Alvin thought he was being watched. It bothered Alvin that the essay wasn't finished.
Figures of speech are words or phrases that use language in a nonliteral or unusual way. They can make writing more expressive.
Personification is giving human characteristics to nonhuman things.
The trees danced in the wind.
The text uses personification, giving human characteristics to nonhuman things.
Glared at him suggests that it bothered Alvin that the essay wasn't finished. The essay is like a person who is bothering Alvin.