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'''Personification''' is an ontological [[metaphor]] in which a [[thing]] or abstraction is represented as a [[person]].[1]
The term "personification" may apply to:
* 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 [[Art|artistic]] representation of an abstract [[quality]] or [[idea]] as a [[person]], for example the four cardinal [[virtues]] or nine [[Muses]].
==See also==
* Anthropomorphism
* Death (personification)
* Metaphor
==External sources==
* Unknown. "Personification". Poetry As We See It. 1 June 2003. ThinkQuest. 30 May 2008.
==References==
1. "What is personification" from SIL International
[[Category: General Reference]]
[[Category: Languages and Literature]]
'''Personification''' is an ontological [[metaphor]] in which a [[thing]] or abstraction is represented as a [[person]].[1]
The term "personification" may apply to:
* 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 [[Art|artistic]] representation of an abstract [[quality]] or [[idea]] as a [[person]], for example the four cardinal [[virtues]] or nine [[Muses]].
==See also==
* Anthropomorphism
* Death (personification)
* Metaphor
==External sources==
* Unknown. "Personification". Poetry As We See It. 1 June 2003. ThinkQuest. 30 May 2008.
==References==
1. "What is personification" from SIL International
[[Category: General Reference]]
[[Category: Languages and Literature]]
