PERSONİFİCATİON
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A sentence or figure of speech in which an animal, inanimate object or abstract concept is given human qualities or said to perform humanlike actions or possess humanlike emotions.
Personification depends much on a vivid imagination and is adapted especially to poetical composition. It has two distinguishable forms: (1) when personality is ascribed to the inanimate and (2) when some quality of life is attributed to the inanimate; as, a smiling Sun; daning tree; etc
A tree is dancing
After a night the Sun smile at the Tree
One refers to the practice of giving an actual personality to an abstraction. This practice has its origins in animism and
ancient religion, and it is called 'personification' by modern theorists of
religion.
PERSONİFİCATİONİn the past
The Rime of the Ancient
Mariner
why do people use personifications?
. Most people use personification in everyday language, without really thinking about it, and have read it or heard it thousands of times. This figure of speech is popular because it is effective, and it is easily understood, and personification of these properties are used in many areas
Goldilocks and the three bears
PERSONİFİCATİON İN STORİES
Little Red Riding Hood
PERSONİFİCATİON İN NOVELS
My TownThe leaves on the ground danced in the windThe brook sang merrily as it went on its way.The fence posts gossiped and watched cars go bywhich winked at each other just to say hi.The traffic lights yelled, ”Stop, slow, go!”The tires gripped the road as if clinging to life.Stars in the sky blinked and winked outWhile the hail was as sharp as a knife
PERSONİFİCATİON İN POEMS
The heartbeat of America.
(Chevrolet cars)
Kleenex says bless you.(Kleenex facial tissues)
PERSONİFİCATİON İN ADVERTİSİNGIn fact, it's hard to imagine what advertising would be
like without the figure of personification.