Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 7 AIL 0611 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Personification, as the Anchor Defines It
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The idea
The glossary defines personification as a form of metaphor comparing something non-human with something human. The test is whether a human capacity is attributed: feeling, intention, speech, or judgment. Movement alone is not enough, since non-human things move without being personified.
In practice
A human capacity, attributed.
Where people slip
Motion alone does not personify.
Your place on the trail
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Builds on
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