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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 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muses 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==
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropomorphism Anthropomorphism]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropomorphism Anthropomorphism]
* [[Metaphor]]
* [[Metaphor]]
==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.
==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]
[[Category: General Reference]]
[[Category: General Reference]]
[[Category: Languages and Literature]]
[[Category: Languages and Literature]]
