2007-02-08 16:01:26 · 9 answers · asked by Joey C 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
Personification, or personification anthropomorphism is a figure of speech that gives non-humans and objects human traits and qualities.(EX: the bear was talking to the little girl) 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. 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 can also be used in english to emphasize the point.
2007-02-08 16:07:03 · answer #1 · answered by georgiagolfer72 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
1) A person or thing typifying a certain quality or idea; an embodiment or exemplification: “He's invisible, a walking personification of the Negative” (Ralph Ellison).
2) A figure of speech in which inanimate objects or abstractions are endowed with human qualities or are represented as possessing human form, as in Hunger sat shivering on the road or Flowers danced about the lawn. Also called prosopopeia.
2007-02-08 16:16:33 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Personification is a literary device where the author/writer/speaker attributes human or life-like qualities to an inanimate object.
Example: "Run like the Wind!" The wind can't run. It has no feet and arguably, it is not a living entity.
Shouldn't your question be in the 'languages' section, or did I miss something?
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2007-02-09 01:51:33 · answer #3 · answered by H 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Personification is when you give an object thats not alive ''people qualitities''.
2007-02-08 16:35:17 · answer #4 · answered by Deanna 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Representing an abstract quality or idea as a person or creature
2007-02-08 16:06:05 · answer #5 · answered by priya 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When you give an object or an animal human qualities .
2007-02-08 16:05:53 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
giving an object personality, things it couldn't do.
The chair suddenly moved.
that sentence assumes that the chair moved itself, the next sentence will tell you who actually did the moving, but for now, the chair is personified.
2007-02-08 16:10:34 · answer #7 · answered by Trey123 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
look at my avatar and get your answer
2007-02-08 16:14:28 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
example.. the tree jumped onto the rood
2015-01-21 14:24:42 · answer #9 · answered by Tammy 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋