Personification

Anusha Gollamudi, Ashley Filbeck, Kassi Skaufel, and Haley Simon

Personification: attribution of personality to an impersonal thing. The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky. media type="custom" key="27519414"

Karina Delgadillo, Brooke Merkel, Grace Geralds, & Kyle McDonald

Personification: attribution of a personal nature or human characteristic to something nonhuman

Example: The run down house appeared depressed.

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Mnemonic Device: PERSONification