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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
The Loss of the Diamond: Gabriel Betteredge: Chapter 15
Explanation and Analysis—Faces in the Sand:
Collins uses personification to animate the Shivering Sand, a sinister patch of tidal quicksand on the coast of Yorkshire near the Verinder estate. The frightening stretch of moving, shimmering, changing ooze is so often described as having a "face" and making "expressions" that it almost acts as a character. When Betteredge describes the Sand in Period 1 Chapter 15, he observes that:
The inner sea lay lost and dim, without a breath of wind to stir it. Patches of nasty ooze floated, yellow-white, on the dead surface of the water. Scum and slime shone faintly in certain places, where the last of the light still caught them on the two great spits of rock jutting out, north and south, into the sea. It was now the time of the turn of the tide: and even as I stood there waiting, the broad brown face of the quicksand began to dimple and quiver – the only moving thing in all the horrid place.
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