What is personification?

[Anonymous]

What does personification mean?

 

[RonBee]

Personification is the act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas or to animals or to inanimate objects. It is also the act of representing an abstract quality or idea as a person or creature.

• Personification
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[MikeNewYork]

What does personification mean?

The word "personification" can be used to describe the technique of placing human characteristics on concepts, animals, or inanimate objects. It also can be used to describe a person as the embodiment of a concept.

John is the personification of greed.

 

[shopping20]

this picture is the personification i use here

 

[MikeNewYork]

this picture is the personification i use here

I would call that a representation rather than a personification. :wink:

 

[shopping20]

woo...sorry, i made a silly mistake.sorrrrrrrrrry

 

[MikeNewYork]

woo...sorry, i made a silly mistake.sorrrrrrrrrry

No problem. You were close to the mark.

 

[shopping20]

by the way,do u think my avatar is a little big?

 

[RonBee]

by the way,do u think my avatar is a little big?

It's big enough. It's not too big tho.

 

[Tdol]

by the way,do u think my avatar is a little big?

I must say, the thought had occurred to me. ;-)

 

[MikeNewYork]

by the way,do u think my avatar is a little big?

Now that you mention it, both pictures are too large. :wink:

 

[shopping20]

alright, oneday i will remove them.

 

[sanny]

I think it is really you, that picture. You can see immediately that you have written something.

 

[RonBee]

You can make a photo smaller if you wish. (At least, I think you can.) Red probably knows how to do that.