A-Z: General definitions
- Pelops
- Penal substitution
- Penance
- Penelope
- Penitence
- Penitent
- Penitential Psalm
- Penny gaff
- Pentameter
- Pentateuch
- Pentecost
- Pentecostal Christian
- Pentheus
- Percy Bysshe Shelley
- Perdition
- Perepeteia
- Periphrasis
- Peris
- Perjoratively
- Persecution
- Persephone
- Perseus
- Perseus and Medusa
- Persian
- Persona
- Personified
- Personify
- Pessimism
- Peter
- Peter Abelard
- Peter Lombard
- Peterloo massacre
- Petit coffre
- Petrarch
- Petrarchan
- Petrarchan sonnet
- Pew
- Phaedra
- Phaethon
- Phaeton
- phallic
- Pharaoh
- Pharisee
- Phidian
- Philanthropist
- Philip II
- Philip Sidney
- Philippi
- Philistine
- Philoctetes
A-Z: General definitions: Personify
Definition
A figure of speech where a non-person, for example an animal, the weather, or some inanimate object, is described as if it were a person, being given human qualities.
In literature, words are used in a non-literal sense much of the time, to make the language striking and persuasive. Sounds are also carefully arranged to have certain effects. This is all figurative language.
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