what is personification?

Answer 1

Personification is a figure of speech that gives animals and objects human traits and qualities. These attributes may include sensations, emotions, desires, physical gestures, expressions, and powers of speech, among others. As a figure of speech it has a very long history; its Greek name is prosopopoeia. Common examples include: "The pencil flew out of my hand", "The tree jumped into the road in front of my car", and "With an evil scowl, the stormcloud thundered its disapproval". Personification is widely used in poetry and in other art forms.

Personification is also widely used by individuals and mass media outlets when describing the actions of governments or corporations. Such as, "U.S. Defends Sale of Ports Company to Arab Nation" or "Microsoft embarrassed one final time over SP2". Personification is frequently employed in media headlines and cartoons.

Answer 2

Personification is the act of applying a human trait to a nonhuman object. 1. Night cannot phically fall, and to say it does is personification to that degree, but night falls as it pertains to darkness, would not be a stron personification, due to the fact that it "nightfall" has become known as the encroachment of dark onto the light. 2. Wind cannot whistle, but can make whistling noises when combined with some other object, so "the wind whistles a tune" could be considered a personification. 3. The ocean makes a roaring noise naturally, so that would be anomatopeoia rather than personification. 4.Bee hums is definately a personification of the sound of buzzing, as it puts a human trait to the sound of wings in flight. 5. Ground swells could go either way, it's not necessarily a uman trait to swell, and the ground does swell when frozen hard or being hit by an earthquake. De to that reasoning, I would tend to sat it's not a personification without some explanatory writing to go with it

Answer 3

personification is a figure of speech that is closely related to a metaphor,thta endows inanimate objects or abstrct ideas with life or human characteristics -The use of figurative language expands reader's vision of the story's setting and gives a dreamlike quality to the passage.

Answer 4

The devil is the personification of evil.

Answer 5

Main Entry: per·son·i·fi·ca·tion
Pronunciation: p&r-"sä-n&-f&-'kA-sh&n
Function: noun
1 : attribution of personal qualities; especially : representation of a thing or abstraction as a person or by the human form
2 : a divinity or imaginary being representing a thing or abstraction
3 : EMBODIMENT, INCARNATION

Answer 6

Personification
noun:
1. somebody who embodies something: an embodiment or perfect example of something
2. representation of abstract quality as human: a representation of an abstract quality or notion as a human being, especially in art or literature
3. attribution of human qualities to abstracts: the attribution of human qualities to objects or abstract notions

Answer 7

Giving human-like qualities to objects or animals.

Answer 8

When you give human qualities to something inanimate, therby making it seem more like a person than just a thing.

Answer 9

giving inhuman objects human qualities, some examples:
the cat shreaked
the wind whistled

Answer 10

Hope this helps good luck God bless...
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