Rhetorical Device Padlet: Personification by Lam Ta https://padlet.com/lnta100/8bu1ri9zpbtz By: Lam Ta en-us 2017-10-20 15:13:36 UTC 2017-10-24 01:29:18 UTC hello@padlet.com What is personification? lnta100 https://padlet.com/lnta100/8bu1ri9zpbtz/wish/199098257 Personification: the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman.]]> 2017-10-20 15:19:04 UTC https://padlet.com/lnta100/8bu1ri9zpbtz/wish/199098257 Picture lnta100 https://padlet.com/lnta100/8bu1ri9zpbtz/wish/199099937 In reality, cars do not have eyes, mouth, or teeth, and they cannot talk. However, in this picture, these cars are shown with eyes, mouth, teeth, and in movie, they can also talk. By giving them human characteristics, they are personified to be like humans. ]]> 2017-10-20 15:22:36 UTC https://padlet.com/lnta100/8bu1ri9zpbtz/wish/199099937 Example 1 lnta100 https://padlet.com/lnta100/8bu1ri9zpbtz/wish/199102267 As I was walking through the night, the moon followed me, grabbing my attention by reaching its beautiful light to where I was standing.

The moon is an object, therefore it cannot follow someone, grabbing something, nor reaching something.]]> 2017-10-20 15:27:21 UTC https://padlet.com/lnta100/8bu1ri9zpbtz/wish/199102267 Example 2 lnta100 https://padlet.com/lnta100/8bu1ri9zpbtz/wish/199105905 The pencil is lying comfortably on my bed, waiting for me to find it under the blanket.

The pencil, similar to the moon, is also an object, so it cannot lie on something nor waiting for something.]]> 2017-10-20 15:35:18 UTC https://padlet.com/lnta100/8bu1ri9zpbtz/wish/199105905 lnta100 https://padlet.com/lnta100/8bu1ri9zpbtz/wish/199107501 In this video, things like the candle, the clock, the cups, and etc. have human characteristics like eyes, noses, mouths, and hands. They can talk and do things that a person can do.]]> 2017-10-20 15:38:54 UTC https://padlet.com/lnta100/8bu1ri9zpbtz/wish/199107501 lnta100 https://padlet.com/lnta100/8bu1ri9zpbtz/wish/199108146 In this video, the lion and the boar are personified as they act like humans, in which they can talk and have emotions.]]> 2017-10-20 15:40:10 UTC https://padlet.com/lnta100/8bu1ri9zpbtz/wish/199108146