This document defines personification as a figure of speech that attributes human characteristics such as feelings and attributes to ideas or non-living things. It provides common examples of personification such as describing lighting dancing across the sky or an alarm clock yelling to wake someone up. The document notes that personification makes writing more interesting, allows for vivid descriptions, and captures a reader's imagination.

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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