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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
Key Examples in The War of the Worlds
Book 1, Chapter 14: In London
Explanation and Analysis—London :
Personification heightens the reader's awareness in The War of the Worlds of the emotional and psychological impact of an alien invasion. In Book 1, Chapter 14, the narrator personifies London as someone who goes to bed oblivious and wakes up in terror:
It was the dawn of the great panic. London, which had gone to bed on Sunday night oblivious and inert, was awakened in the small hours of Monday morning to a vivid sense of danger.
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