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Definition of Personification
Personification is a type of figurative language in which non-human things are described as having human attributes, as in the sentence, "The rain poured down on the wedding guests, indifferent... read full definition
Personification is a type of figurative language in which non-human things are described as having human attributes, as in the sentence, "The rain poured down... read full definition
Personification is a type of figurative language in which non-human things are described as having human attributes, as in the... read full definition
Personification
Explanation and Analysis—The Illness:
The illness is personified in "Speech Sounds," becoming an agent of evil or a bad character that exists solely to ruin lives:
The illness had stripped her, killing her children one by one, killing her husband, her sister, her parents...The illness, if it was an illness, had cut even the living off from one another.
