Thursday, May 24, 2012

Personification

Definition:
Personification- a figurative language that gives inanimate or nonhuman objects or creature a humanistic feeling or emotion .

Example:
The tree stares down at the little boy.
The desk is feeling lazy today.
The computer is feeling sick.
The cat is feeling sad today.
The rock is too weak to move.

Significance:
The significance of personification is a figure of speech that helps emphasize and make the poem more lively. At the same time, personification helps give detail to the inanimate object or creature.

No comments:

Post a Comment