Personification

A figure of speech that gives human qualities to objects, animals, or ideas.

Example From Text

The camp was suddenly discovered to be alive with skulking furry forms-starving huskies, four or five score of them, who had scented the camp from some Indian village.

Explanation

Is a camp really alive? London gives the camp the human quality of being alive when he writes "the camp was suddenly discovered to be alive." The author uses personification to emphasize the large number of huskies who invaded the camp.