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Noun Concept
Categories: Figures of speech, Rhetoric
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personification  prosopopoeia  prosopopeia
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Representing an abstract quality or idea as a person or creature WordNet 3.0
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Representing an abstract quality or idea as a person or creature WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
A prosopopoeia is a rhetorical device in which a speaker or writer communicates to the audience by speaking as another person or object. Wikipedia
A literary device in which an inanimate object or an idea is given human qualities. Wiktionary
Literary device. Wiktionary (translation)
Personifying a person or object when communicating to an audience. Wiktionary
Personifying a person or object. Wiktionary (translation)
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The writer used personification to convey her ideas. Wiktionary
IS A
trope
Rhetorical device
DERIVATION
body
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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personification, prosopopoeia
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Prosopopoeia
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