Look up: personification

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   Personification
   the attribution of human characteristics and/or form to inanimate objects and abstract ideas.
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   Personification
   attribution of personality to an impersonal thing.
   *England expects every man to do his duty. Lord Nelson
   *Nunc te patria, quae communis est parens omnium nostrum, odit ac metuit et iam diu nihil te iudicat nisi de parricidio suo cogitare. Cicero, In Catilinam
   Found on http://www.uky.edu/AS/Classics/rhetoric.
   
   
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   Personification
   Figure of speech whereby inanimate objects or abstractions are given human characteristics. In his poem Low Water Ted Hughes uses personification to describe a river e.g.
   'She lolls on her deep couch. And a long thigh
   Lifts from the flash of her silks.'
   Personification is a form of metaphor. See also anthropomorphism.
   Found on http://www.poetsgraves.co.uk/glossary_of
   
   
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   personification
   [n] - a person who represents an abstract quality 2. [n] - representing an abstract quality or idea as a person or creature 3. [n] - the act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc.
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   Personification
   a device whereby an inanimate object is given a human quality. e.g. The coals settled comfortably in the fireplace. (Coal is normally regarded as inanimate/lifeless but here it is seen as settling like a human might settle into a chair.)
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   Personification
   a form of metaphor in which language relating to human action, motivation and emotion is used to refer to non-human agents or objects or abstract concepts: the weather is smiling on us today; Love is blind.
   Found on http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/primary
   
   
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   Personification
   The representation of something inanimate or abstract as having the personality or the qualities, thoughts, or movements of a living human being. For example, the ideals of liberty portrayed as a woman holding a torch, or the identification of the ruins of Ani as a mournful woman.
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   Personification
   Per·son`i·fi·ca'tion noun [ Confer French personnification .] 1. The act of personifying; impersonation; embodiment. C. Knight. 2. (Rhet.) A figure of speech in which an inanimate object or abstract idea is represented as animated, or endowed with personality; prosopop...ia; as, the floods clap their hands. 'Confusion heards his voice.' Milton.
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/62
   
   
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   personification
   prosopopoeia noun representing an abstract quality or idea as a person or creature
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    personification
    incarnation noun the act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc.
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    personification
    noun a person who represents an abstract quality; `she is the personification of optimism`
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    Personification
    A `personification` is a figure of speech that gives an inanimate object or abstract idea human traits and qualities, such as emotions, desires, sensations, physical gestures and speech.
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personifica
    
    
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    Personification
    • (n.) The act of personifying; impersonation; embodiment. • (n.) A figure of speech in which an inanimate object or abstract idea is represented as animated, or endowed with personality; prosopop/ia; as, the floods clap their hands.
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    personification
    figure of speech in which human characteristics are attributed to an abstract quality, animal, or inanimate object. An example is `The Moon doth ... [5 related articles]
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    personification
    an anthropomorphic figure of speech where the poet describes an abstraction, a thing, or a non-human form as if it were a person. William Blake's 'O Rose, thou art sick!' is an example, but not 'Oh Rose, you smashed up the Chevy again!'
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    personification
    Non-human objects, animals, forces of nature, or abstract ideas are represented with human qualities as if they were human beings. Usually used to emphasise the central meaning.
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    personification
    
    1. one who personifies an abstract quality
    2. representing an abstract quality or idea as a person or creature
    3. the act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc.
    
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    personification
    personification, figure of speech in which inanimate objects or abstract ideas are endowed with human qualities, e.g., allegorical morality plays where characters include Good Deeds, Beauty, and Death. John Ruskin termed sentimentalized, exaggerated personification the “pathetic fallacy.”...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/ent/A08385