What is the best definition of personification?

a.
assigning descriptions of animals or objects that include comparisons

b.
assigning the traits of a wild animal to an object that is not alive

c.
assigning responsibility for things or animals to a person or a group of people

d.
assigning human qualities or characteristics to things or animals

assigning human qualities or characteristics to things or animals

Explanation:

When a writer makes a thing or an animal behave as if it were human, it means the writer is using a figure of speech called personification. In other words, the author assigns human qualities or characteristics to things or animals.

e.g. Thunder grumbled again in the distance.

The breeze was caressing the traveler's emaciated body.

The ocean threatened with another storm.

explanation:

dear evan hansen is a stage musical with music and lyrics by benj pasek and justin paul, and book by steven levenson.

the musical opened on broadway at the music box theatre in december 2016, after its world premiere at the arena stage in washington, d.c., in july 2015 and an off-broadway production at second stage theatre from march to may 2016.

at the 71st tony awards, it was nominated for nine awards, winning six, including best musical, best score, best actor in a musical for ben platt, and best featured actress in a musical for rachel bay jones.

a.) literature that explores grotesque characters and eerie, violent occurrences in a dreary setting.