Saturday, April 17, 2010
Personification @ 9:29 PM
What is personification?
The endowment of inanimate objects or abstract concepts with animate or living qualities. A figure of speech in which ideas are represented as as a person or creature and attributed with personality and human characteristics.
It may apply to :
A description of an object as being a living person or animal as in: "The sun shone brightly down on me as if she were shining for me alone". In this example the sun is depicted as if capable of intent, and is referenced with the pronoun "she" rather than "it".
An outstanding example of a quality or idea: "He's invisible, a walking personification of the Negative" (Ralph Ellison).
An artistic representation of an abstract quality or idea as a person, for example the four cardinal virtues or nine Muses.
Here are some examples :
The sun kissed the flowers.
The wind was whistling.
The grass was dancing.
The car was humming.
The washer gurgled the detergent.
The computer began to talk.
Opportunity began to knock on my door
Thanks to :
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_are_some_examples_of_personification
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personification
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