A figure of speech in which
inanimate objects or abstractions
are provided with human
qualties or are represented as
possessing human forms.In
other words:
Giving something a human-like
quality or ability to something
that is not human.
HELLO MY
DEAR!
Two Types of Personification
• “One refers to the practice of giving actual
personality to an abstraction.This practice has
its origins in animism and ancient
religion,and it is called “personification” by
modern theorists of religion and
anthropology.”
• “The other meaning of personification is the
historical sense of prosopopoeia.This refers to
the practice of giving a consciously fictional
personality to an abstraction,impersonating
it.This rhetorical practice requires a
seperation between the literary pretense of a
personality,and the actual state of affairs.”
Example
"Wind yells while blowing"
"Wind yells while blowing" is an example of
personification because wind cannot yell.
Only a living thing can yell.
Necklace is a friend
"Necklace is a friend" is an example of
personification because Necklace is a thing,
and necklaces cannot be friends. Only living
things can have friends.
SNOW
Snow speaks to the people its
falling above in the glooming
sunlight.
Its white sparkling voice
echoes
as it falls through
the air.
By Jake
SATIN DREAMS OF INDIA
Satin dreams of India.
Satin dreams of being
made into a beautiful sari.
A warm, Wonderful sari
Worn on an
Indian Princess.
Swaying in the wind.
Satin tell us to be soft and
gentle like her.
By Autumn
WHY USE PERSONIFICATION?
Consider the vulgarity of objectification.
Personification must be its opposite: imagining
that even an ash tray is worried about second
hand smoke is the very stepping beyond the
present and into the fantastic and literary that
poetry promises.
Authors use personification to make stories/
poems more dramatic and interesting or to
convey a certain mood. Personification also
helps us to relate more to the object or idea that
is being personified because it is easier for us to
relate to something with human attributes.
PERSONIFICATION TODAY
• “Personification, with allegory, was the literary rage
in the 18th century, but it goes against the modern
grain and today is the feeblest of metaphorical
devices.”
• “In present-day English,(personification) has taken on
a new lease of life in the media,especially film and
advertising,although literary critics like Northrop
Frye( cited in Paxson 1994 ) might well think it is
devalued…”
• “Linguistically,personification is marked by one or
more of the following devices:
• 1-)potentiality for the referent to be adressed by you
• 2-)the assignment of the faculty of speech
• 3-)the assignment of a personal name
• 4-)co-occurence of personified NP with he/she.
The sun is
smiling
THERE ARE APPLE’
EYE, MOUTH,NOSE
WHERE IS PERCONIFICATION
USED?
The concept of personification is commonly
used in poetry, where things are often
described as having feelings. It is also widely
used in fiction and children’s literature,
though fiction is not likely to stay focused on
the personified object for long.
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