In Things Fall Apart, what literary device does Achebe use in this quotation: āAn āevil forestā was, therefore, alive with sinister forces and powers of darknessā?
a. simile
b. onomatopoeia
c. personification
d. hyperbole
The literary device used here is C, 'personification'. That literary device is used when you are trying to make an inanimate object come to life, such as here - 'evil forest was alive'.Ā
