Rhetorical Device - Personification by https://padlet.com/mddouglas101/personificationLloydP4 Tiffany Vu and Michael Douglas - Lloyd P.4 en-us 2016-11-04 18:50:59 UTC 2026-01-15 23:32:32 UTC hello@padlet.com       Personification mddouglas101 https://padlet.com/mddouglas101/personificationLloydP4/wish/135489344 2016-11-04 18:57:59 UTC https://padlet.com/mddouglas101/personificationLloydP4/wish/135489344 Definition: the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form mddouglas101 https://padlet.com/mddouglas101/personificationLloydP4/wish/135489757 2016-11-04 18:59:34 UTC https://padlet.com/mddouglas101/personificationLloydP4/wish/135489757 Picture of Personification mddouglas101 https://padlet.com/mddouglas101/personificationLloydP4/wish/135489846 The picture shows SpongeBob SquarePants, a sponge who can be seen singing with a mic and wearing clothes, two things sponges wouldn't normally do.]]> 2016-11-04 18:59:53 UTC https://padlet.com/mddouglas101/personificationLloydP4/wish/135489846 Examples of Personification: mddouglas101 https://padlet.com/mddouglas101/personificationLloydP4/wish/135490626 1.) The vacuum cleaner devoured the dusty morsels beneath it.
Explanation: The vacuum cleaner is an inanimate object, but it does suck up dust which is similar to how one may devour food.
2.) Water jumped out of the cup as it fell off the counter.
Explanation: The water didn't literally jump out of the cup, it is implying that it spilled out since the cup fell.]]> 2016-11-04 19:02:43 UTC https://padlet.com/mddouglas101/personificationLloydP4/wish/135490626 Examples from Speeches, Movies, Songs, etc.: mddouglas101 https://padlet.com/mddouglas101/personificationLloydP4/wish/135491010 1.) "The house is alive!"
Giving life to an inanimate object.

2.) Careless Whisper-George Michael
"I’m never gonna dance again
Guilty feet have got no rhythm
Though it’s easy to pretend. I know you’re not a fool…
…Time can never mend
The careless whisper of a good friend
To the heart and mind, ignorance is kind
There’s no comfort in the truth, pain is all you’ll find."


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