Which excerpt is an example of personification? A. "The fog comes on little cat feet." B. "The world beats like a slackened drum." C. "Life for me ain't been no crystal stair." D. "The landscape listens, Shadows — hold their breath" Please select the best answer from the choices provided A B C D

Personification is adding human characteristics to a non-human object.  (D. "The landscape listens, shadows - hold their breath.")

Explanation:

The landscape listening as if it has ears, and shadows holding their breath are things a living thing would do, so (D) is the best answer.

he does not belive what the men tell him about the jungle

most likely the answer would be a.) cupidity

definitions:

cupidity - greed for money or possessions

hydrophobia - extreme or irrational fear of water, especially as a symptom of rabies in humans

pathology - the science of the causes and effects of diseases, especially the branch of medicine that deals with the laboratory examination of samples of body tissue for diagnostic or forensic

patho -   relating to disease