College Composition / Unit 29 CMP 0709 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Personification
Captions available
The idea
Personification gives human traits to something inanimate or nonhuman to make it seem alive and relatable.
In practice
"The virus packed its bags and spread across the ocean" and "the cheese calling out to be eaten" both personify.
Where people slip
Personification can make a threat seem deliberate or a product seem friendly; notice which feeling it invites.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
Unlocks
- Nothing yet depends on this.
Something wrong in this lesson? Flag it · Sources for College Composition