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1 personification[:by gagestudent 7 terms August 26, 2008
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1 personification attribution of personality to an impersonal thing Literary Terms
2 personification A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes Unit 1 Literary Terms
3 personification a figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes. Semester 1 Final - Lit. Terms
4 Personification kind of metaphor in which a nonhuman thing or quality is talked about as if it were human Literary Terms
5 personification the attribution of a personal nature or character to inanimate objects or abstract notions, esp. as a rhetorical figure. AP English Final Vocabulary
6 personification giving non-persons person qualities English Vocab - Exam
7 personification A figure of speech in which the author presents or describes concepts, animals, or inanimate objects by endowing them with human attributes or emotions 2nd Set SAT Words
8 Personification The attribution of a personal nature or character to inanimate objects or abstract notions Macbeth Vocab Lit Terms
9 Personification A type of figurative language is which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics Literary Terms
10 personification A form of metaphor in which human characteristics are attributed to nonhuman things. Personification offers the writer a way to give the world life and motion by assigning familiar human behaviors and emotions to animals, inanimate objects, and abstract ideas. For example, in Keats' "Ode on a Grecian Urn," the speaker refers to the urn as an "unravished bride of quietness." MLW, Mrs.Meyers-Lit Terms
11 personification treating abstractions or inanimate objects as human, that is, giving them human attributes, powers, or feelings, e.g., "nature wept" or "the wind whispered many truths to me." Figurative Language
12 Personification Giving human-qualities to non-human things Unit Five The Changing Face of America Terms
13 Personification figure of speech in which inanimate objects or abstract ideas are endowed with human qualities Literary terms1
14 Personification A form of metaphor in which human characteristics are attributed to nonhuman things. Personification offers the writer a way to give the world life and motion by assigning familiar human behaviours and emotions to animals, inanimate objects and abstract ideas. Literary Terms
15 personification a nonhuman or nonliving thing is talked about as if it were human Vocabulary
16 Personification England expects every man to do his duty. Lord Nelson Rhetorical Techniques
17 personification gives objects human traits Rhetorical Terms
18 Personification Giving human qualities to inhuman, inanimate objects. Language Features - NCEA Lv2 English
19 Personification Assigning human qualities to an object, idea, or animal Poetry Terms
20 Personification An object or abstract idea given human qualities or human form Literary Devices
21 personification giving human-like characteristics to non-human Figurative Language
22 Personification "A figure of speech where animals ideas or inorganic objects are given human characteristics. One example of this is James Stephens’s poem ""The Wind"" in which wind preforms several actions. In the poem Stephens writes “The wind stood up and gave a shout. He whistled on his two fingers.”" All Literary Devices
23 personification giving human qualities Literature
24 personification Giving emotions, abstract concepts, places, inanimate objects, or animals the qualities of humans. AP Vocab - Full List
25 personification Giving emotions, abstract concepts, places, inanimate objects, or animals the qualities of humans. AP Vocab 2
26 personification gives human qualities to something that is not human poetry terms
27 Personification figure of speech in which an author gives an abstraction, idea, animal, or innimate object human qualities. Literary Devices--USAD Basic Guide
28 Personification Figure of speech in which poets give an animal, object, or idea human qualities, such as the ability to love, sing, cry, feel, talk, and make decisions. Elements of poetry
29 personification giving humanlike qualities to an inanimate object Parts Of Speech LAL
30 personification is the technique of assigning human qualities to inanimate ( non-human ) objects. My Literary Terms- Part 1
31 Personification "A figure of speech where animals ideas or inorganic objects are given human characteristics. One example of this is James Stephens’s poem ""The Wind"" in which wind preforms several actions. In the poem Stephens writes “The wind stood up and gave a shout. He whistled on his two fingers.”" Week Seven Literary Terms
32 personification gives animals or objects human qualities or characteristics Middle School Reading Literary Terms
33 personification is the technique of assigning human qualities to inanimate ( non-human ) objects. Literary Terms 1
34 Personification the act of making an object do an activity only a human can do Unknown Words Set 13
35 Personification the act of making an object do an activity only a human can do Unknown Word Set 13
36 personification giving human qualities Poerty terms
37 personification giving human qualities girlsareawesome8
38 personification when things that are not alive do only things that humans can do TCAP Vocab. Language Arts Part !
39 personification giving human qualities to nonliving things L.A. Glossary
40 Personification figurative language in which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics. 6th grade literary term
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