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pathetic fallacy definitions
# Definition Sets
1ascribing feelings to things57 sets
2the attribution of human emotions or characteristics to inanimate objects or to nature; for example angry clouds; a cruel wind.11 sets
3faulty reasoning that inappropriately ascribes human feelings to nature or nonhuman objects7 sets
4attribution of human emotions to nature5 sets
5attribution of human emotions to elements of nature4 sets
6the fallacy of attributing human feelings to inanimate objects4 sets
7the author's use of the weather or season to convey emotions of characters and reflect situation4 sets
8a cliched personification of nature (rain weeps)3 sets
9when the author used weather to create mood or atmosphere in the story3 sets
10is giving a natural object human emotions3 sets
11fallacy of emotion3 sets
12when an emotion or feeling is attached to something inanimate, particularly things in nature3 sets
13the tendancy of writers to portray nature as having human emotions; the conventional belief that nature may behave in sympathy with human experience.2 sets
14the attribution of human feelings or responses to inanimate things or objects (especially the weather)2 sets
15the endowment of nature, inanimate objects, etc., with human traits and feelings2 sets
16when natural or inanimate objects are invested with living or human qualities.2 sets
17giving human emotion to elements of nature2 sets
18ascribing feelings to think2 sets
19this occurs when a character's emotional state parallels with the environment2 sets
20a specific kind of personification in which inanimate objects are given human emotions. "the cruel crawling foam"2 sets
21coined by john ruskin. ascribing emotion to inanimate objects. "the cruel crawling foam"2 sets
22the attribution of human feelings to natural phenomena.2 sets
23n. human emotion or motivations are given to natural object (like tree). natural phenomena. (sort of like personification but focus more on natural)2 sets
24a fallacy of reason suggesting that nonhuman phenomena act from human feelings.2 sets
25using the weather to mimic a character's emotions2 sets
26human emotions attributed to nature2 sets
27in literature, the attribution of human feelings and characteristics to inanimate things2 sets
28treatment of inanimate objects as if they had human feelings, thought, or sensations.2 sets
29a form of personification giving human traits to nature2 sets
30a literary form in which the style of an author or particular work is mocked in its style for the sake of comic effect2 sets
31ascribing feeling to things2 sets
32human traits on inatimate objects2 sets
33signifies any representation of inanimate natural objects that ascribes to them human capabilities, sensations, and emotions1 set
34when nature mimics human characteristics1 set
35represents a connection between inanimate natural objects and a character's thoughts or feelings1 set
36when weather effects the moods of the characters1 set
37a representation of inanimate natural objects that ascribe to them human capabilities1 set
38any false emotionalism in writing resulting in a too impassioned description of nature1 set
39weather shows human mood or emotion1 set
40attributing human passions to inanimate things1 set