Personification

1. PERSONAFICATION
ERICKA LYLE JANCINAL

2. WHAT IS PERSONAFICATION?
• PERSONAFICATION- IS A FIGURE OF SPEECH IN WHICH AN
IDEA OR THING IS GIVEN HUMAN ATTRIBUTES AND
FEELINGS OR IS SPOKEN OF AS IF IT WERE HUMAN.
• PERSONAFICATION IS A COMMON FORM OF METAPHOR
IN THAT HUMAN CHARACTERISTICS ARE ATTRIBUTED TO
NON-HUMAN THINGS.

3. COMMON EXAMPLES OF PERSONIFICATION:
LIGHTING DANCED ACROSS THE SKY.
 THE WINDOW WINKED AT ME.
MY ALARM CLOCK YELLS AT ME TO GET OUT OF BED
EVERY MORNING.

4. WHY USE PERSONAFICATION?
• THIS MAKES YOUR WRITING MORE INTERESTING.
• ALLOWS YOU TO DESCRIBE THINGS VIVIDLY AND
ORIGINALLY.
• CAPTURES A READER’S IMAGINATION.

5. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING
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