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Is "It looms like a tower" an example of personification?

2007-02-12 08:21:24 · 7 answers · asked by thuglif3 1 in Arts & Humanities Philosophy

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No, that is a simile. Personification is describing some nonliving thing in terms of something alive.

2007-02-12 08:26:04 · answer #1 · answered by Philip Kiriakis 5 · 1 0

No, your quote is not an example of personification. Personification is when human characteristics are attributed to something inanimate. An example would be, "the tower looms like a high school principal casting his shadow across the otherwise joyful stadium"

2007-02-12 08:28:30 · answer #2 · answered by franklyn 3 · 1 0

No because comparing it to a tower is not comparing it to any human quality. An example of personification would be 'whispering wind' or 'playful flowers', etc. 'Looms like a tower' would be a simile.

2007-02-12 08:31:21 · answer #3 · answered by Necco 1 · 0 0

No it's a simile. When the word "like" is used or "as big as" or "as small as" then it's a simile. If you had said "the tower breathes evil" then that's personification. Personification means giving human traits to nonhuman or abstract things.

2007-02-12 08:33:51 · answer #4 · answered by Mister Farlay 2 · 0 0

This is actually a simile (comparison using the word "like" of "as.") By giving whatever "it" in your original phrase the attributes of a human being (not comparing it, but actually giving it the attributes) then you achieve personification.

EXAMPLES:
The wind yelled as it blew.
My thoughts race through my mind.

2007-02-12 09:05:03 · answer #5 · answered by Maddog Salamander 5 · 0 0

no. A tower is not a living, breathing thing. It is an inanimate object.

2007-02-12 08:26:06 · answer #6 · answered by Konswayla 6 · 0 0

sounds like it but i'm not sure

2007-02-12 08:24:34 · answer #7 · answered by I_Luv_Bois 1 · 0 0

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