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| '''Personification''' is an ontological [[metaphor]] in which a [[thing]] or abstraction is represented as a [[person]].[1] | | '''Personification''' is an ontological [[metaphor]] in which a [[thing]] or abstraction is represented as a [[person]].[1] |
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| * A description of an [[Thing|inanimate object]] as being a living [[person]] or [[animal]] as in: "The sun shone brightly down on me as if she were shining for me alone". In this example the sun is depicted as if capable of [[intent]], and is [[reference]]d with the pronoun "she" rather than "it". | | * A description of an [[Thing|inanimate object]] as being a living [[person]] or [[animal]] as in: "The sun shone brightly down on me as if she were shining for me alone". In this example the sun is depicted as if capable of [[intent]], and is [[reference]]d with the pronoun "she" rather than "it". |
| * An outstanding example of a [[quality]] or [[idea]]: "He's invisible, a walking personification of the Negative" (Ralph Ellison). | | * An outstanding example of a [[quality]] or [[idea]]: "He's invisible, a walking personification of the Negative" (Ralph Ellison). |
− | * An [[Art|artistic]] representation of an abstract [[quality]] or [[idea]] as a [[person]], for example the four cardinal [[virtues]] or nine [[Muses]]. | + | * An [[Art|artistic]] representation of an abstract [[quality]] or [[idea]] as a [[person]], for example the four cardinal [[virtues]] or nine [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muses Muses]. |
| ==See also== | | ==See also== |
− | * Anthropomorphism | + | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropomorphism Anthropomorphism] |
− | * Death (personification) | + | * [[Metaphor]] |
− | * Metaphor
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| ==External sources== | | ==External sources== |
− | * Unknown. "[http://library.thinkquest.org/J0112392/personification.html Personification]". Poetry As We See It. 1 June 2003. ThinkQuest. 30 May 2008. | + | * Unknown. "[https://library.thinkquest.org/J0112392/personification.html Personification]". Poetry As We See It. 1 June 2003. ThinkQuest. 30 May 2008. |
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| ==References== | | ==References== |
− | 1. "[http://www.sil.org/linguistics/GlossaryOfLinguisticTerms/WhatIsPersonification.htm What is personification]" from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SIL_International SIL International] | + | 1. "[https://www.sil.org/linguistics/GlossaryOfLinguisticTerms/WhatIsPersonification.htm What is personification]" from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SIL_International SIL International] |
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| [[Category: General Reference]] | | [[Category: General Reference]] |
| [[Category: Languages and Literature]] | | [[Category: Languages and Literature]] |