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Which sentence most clearly uses personification?A.An avalanche of candy bars tumbled down the conveyor belt.B.Sunlight came down in beams through gaps in the forest canopy.C.His cat is basically just a pillow that sometimes moves around.D.A wise old tree had kept watch over the ranch since the 1920s.

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Which sentence most clearly uses personification?A.An avalanche of candy bars tumbled down the conveyor belt.B.Sunlight came down in beams through gaps in the forest canopy.C.His cat is basically just a pillow that sometimes moves around.D.A wise old tree had kept watch over the ranch since the 1920s.

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The sentence that most clearly uses personification is D. "A wise old tree had kept watch over the ranch since the 1920s." This sentence gives the tree human qualities (wisdom and the ability to watch over something), which is the definition of personification.

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