What does the personification in this text suggest?
Jim tried to ignore his unfinished essay, but it glared at him from across the room.

 - It bothered Jim that the essay wasn't finished.
 - The essay was printed in large type.
The text uses personification, giving human characteristics to nonhuman things.
Glared at him suggests that it bothered Jim that the essay wasn't finished. The essay is like a person who is bothering Jim.