Question

Is the following an example of a simile, metaphor, paradox, or personification?

An angry sky loomed overhead.

Answer 1

Well a sky can't be angry because that is a human emotion. Giving nonliving things human characteristics or emotions is personification. :)

Answer 2

A simile uses like or as "the sky is LIKE an angry person" or "The sky is AS angry as a person" so it's not similie. A metaphor is a comparison that does not use like or as but compares something or things. Since nothing is being compared, its not a metaphor. A paradox is a statement or proposition that, despite sound (or apparently sound) reasoning from acceptable premises, leads to a conclusion that seems senseless, logically unacceptable, or self-contradictory. So it's not a paradox. That leaves personification, and a personification is a non-living object acting as a person. Because a sky can't actually be angry like a person can, THE ANSWER IS PERSONIFICATION!