Information about Personification
Personification, or anthropomorphism, is a figure of speech that gives inanimate objects human traits and qualities. These attributes may include sensations, emotions, desires, physical gestures, expressions, and powers of speech, among others. As a figure of speech it has a very long history; its Greek name is prosopopoeia. Personification is widely used in poetry and in other art forms. Personification can also be used in English to emphasize a conversational point.
The personification of inanimate objects is very similar to the figure of speech called the pathetic fallacy; the key difference is that personification is direct and explicit in the ascription of life and sentience to the thing in question, whereas the pathetic fallacy is much broader and more allusive. Another related rhetorical device is apostrophe; this entails not speaking, about, but speaking to, a personified entity or an absent person. All these tropes should be understood as separate from anthropomorphism, which ascribes human attributes to any non-human entities, in particular to animals and other creatures. Some simple personifications are "sitting on a table" or, "the flowers were suffering from the immense heat"
An example of personification can be found in John Keats's "To Autumn": the fall season is personified as "sitting careless on a granary floor" and "drowsed with the fume of poppies" (line 17). In John Donne's Holy Sonnet X, death is personified as a "slave to fate, chance, kings and desperate men" (line 9).
Personification is also widely used by individuals and mass media outlets when describing the actions of governments or corporations, such as "U.S. Defends Sale of Ports Company to Arab Nation" [1] or "Microsoft embarrassed one final time over SP2". [2] This use of personification is frequently employed in newspaper and magazine headlines as well as cartoons.
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The personification of inanimate objects is very similar to the figure of speech called the pathetic fallacy; the key difference is that personification is direct and explicit in the ascription of life and sentience to the thing in question, whereas the pathetic fallacy is much broader and more allusive. Another related rhetorical device is apostrophe; this entails not speaking, about, but speaking to, a personified entity or an absent person. All these tropes should be understood as separate from anthropomorphism, which ascribes human attributes to any non-human entities, in particular to animals and other creatures. Some simple personifications are "sitting on a table" or, "the flowers were suffering from the immense heat"
An example of personification can be found in John Keats's "To Autumn": the fall season is personified as "sitting careless on a granary floor" and "drowsed with the fume of poppies" (line 17). In John Donne's Holy Sonnet X, death is personified as a "slave to fate, chance, kings and desperate men" (line 9).
Personification is also widely used by individuals and mass media outlets when describing the actions of governments or corporations, such as "U.S. Defends Sale of Ports Company to Arab Nation" [1] or "Microsoft embarrassed one final time over SP2". [2] This use of personification is frequently employed in newspaper and magazine headlines as well as cartoons.
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References
1. ^ Barrett , Devlin ; Ted Bridis (2006-02-17). "U.S. Defends Sale of Ports Company to Arab Nation" (in English). Los Angeles Times: A22. Retrieved on 2006-07-28.
2. ^ Evers, Joris; Kieren McCarthy (2004-08-06). Microsoft embarrassed one final time over SP2 (English). Techworld.com. Retrieved on 2006-07-28.
2. ^ Evers, Joris; Kieren McCarthy (2004-08-06). Microsoft embarrassed one final time over SP2 (English). Techworld.com. Retrieved on 2006-07-28.
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A prosopopoeia (Greek: προσωποποιία) is a rhetorical device in which a speaker or writer communicates to the audience by speaking as another person or object.
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The pathetic fallacy or anthropomorphic fallacy is the description of inanimate natural objects in a manner that endows them with human feelings, thoughts and sensations. The pathetic fallacy is a special case of the fallacy of reification.
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Allusion is a figure of speech, in which one refers covertly or indirectly to an object or circumstance that has occurred or existed in an external context.[1] It is left to the reader or hearer to make the connection (Fowler); an
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For the apostrophe as a punctuation mark, see .
Apostrophe (Greek ἀποστροφή, apostrophé, "turning away"; the final e
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trope is a rhetorical figure of speech that consists of a play on words, i.e., using a word in a way other than what is considered its literal or normal form. The other major category of figures of speech is the scheme, which involves changing the pattern
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John Keats
Born: September 31 1795
London, England
Died: January 23 1821 (aged 27)
Rome, Papal States
Occupation: Poet
Literary movement: Romanticism
John Keats
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Born: September 31 1795
London, England
Died: January 23 1821 (aged 27)
Rome, Papal States
Occupation: Poet
Literary movement: Romanticism
John Keats
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To Autumn is a poem written by English Romantic poet John Keats in 1819 (published 1820).
Keats was inspired to write To Autumn after walking through the water meadows of Winchester, England, in an early autumn evening of 1819.
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Keats was inspired to write To Autumn after walking through the water meadows of Winchester, England, in an early autumn evening of 1819.
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John Donne
John Donne
Born: 1572
London, England
Died: March 12 1631
Occupation: Poet
Nationality: English
Genres: Satire, Love poetry, Elegy
Subjects: Love, Sexuality, Religion, Death
Literary movement: Metaphysical Poetry
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John Donne
Born: 1572
London, England
Died: March 12 1631
Occupation: Poet
Nationality: English
Genres: Satire, Love poetry, Elegy
Subjects: Love, Sexuality, Religion, Death
Literary movement: Metaphysical Poetry
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Mass media is a term used to denote a section of the media specifically envisioned and designed to reach a very large audience such as the population of a nation state. It was coined in the 1920s with the advent of nationwide radio networks, mass-circulation newspapers and
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government is a body that has the power to make and the authority to enforce rules and laws within a civil, corporate, religious, academic, or other organization or group.[1]
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Business law
Business organizations
Basic forms:
Sole proprietorship
Corporation
Partnership
(General · Limited · LLP)
Cooperative
USA:
Business trust · LLC · LLLP
Delaware corporation
Nevada corporation
UK/Commonwealth:
Limited company
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Business organizations
Basic forms:
Sole proprietorship
Corporation
Partnership
(General · Limited · LLP)
Cooperative
USA:
Business trust · LLC · LLLP
Delaware corporation
Nevada corporation
UK/Commonwealth:
Limited company
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Motto
"In God We Trust" (since 1956)
"E Pluribus Unum" ("From Many, One"; Latin, traditional)
Anthem
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"In God We Trust" (since 1956)
"E Pluribus Unum" ("From Many, One"; Latin, traditional)
Anthem
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Microsoft Corporation
Public (NASDAQ: MSFT )
Founded Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA (April 4 1975)[1]
Headquarters Redmond, Washington, United States
Key people Bill Gates, Co-founder and Executive Chairman ;
Paul Allen, Co-founder ;
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Public (NASDAQ: MSFT )
Founded Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA (April 4 1975)[1]
Headquarters Redmond, Washington, United States
Key people Bill Gates, Co-founder and Executive Chairman ;
Paul Allen, Co-founder ;
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Headlines may refer to:
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- Headlines, a song by the Spice Girls
- Headlines (The Tonight Show), a TV show
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national personification is an anthropomorphization of a nation; it can appear in both editorial cartoons and propaganda.
Some early personifications in the Western world tended to be national manifestations of the majestic wisdom and war goddess Minerva/Athena, and often
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Some early personifications in the Western world tended to be national manifestations of the majestic wisdom and war goddess Minerva/Athena, and often
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national personification is an anthropomorphization of a nation; it can appear in both editorial cartoons and propaganda.
Some early personifications in the Western world tended to be national manifestations of the majestic wisdom and war goddess Minerva/Athena, and often
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Some early personifications in the Western world tended to be national manifestations of the majestic wisdom and war goddess Minerva/Athena, and often
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