The flowers turned their faces towards the sun. Which figure of speech does this illustrate?

• A. Metaphor
• B. Analogy
• C. Simile
• D. Personification

Answer: (D)

Giving human qualities to nonhuman things is the idea shown here. When the flowers are described as turning their faces toward the sun, it treats them as if they have faces and a willing choice, something humans do to seek light. That humanlike action is why this is personification. It isn’t a simile, which would use like or as, and it isn’t a metaphor that equates two things without using like or as. It isn’t an analogy, which would compare two similar relationships to explain something deeper. So the sentence uses personification to give the flowers a human touch while still describing a natural behavior.