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what is it called when something is intangible or inanimate but you attribute human characteristics to it? i used to know but can't for the life of me think of what it is!
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I remember now--it's personification!
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I remember now--it's personification!
And a particular variation of personification is when you give an[other] animal the thoughts/feelings/words of a person; this is "anthropomorphism" - 'Hello', says the bear to herself, 'that wasn't here last time I was doing the washing.'

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