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Personification is when writers give human characteristics to objects, ideas or animals. It is used so frequently, especially in poetry, that it can be hard to spot at times. The wind, for example, is often described as having a human voice - it howls, or whispers, or even shouts. Personification is one of many methods writers have for writing vividly and for engaging their readers' senses.
See how well you can spot the technique by trying this English quiz.
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'Whispering' is a human activity
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In Shelley's poem, the island 'frowns', the wind 'howls', the whirlwind 'roars' and the storm has 'breath' and 'fury'
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Maya Angelou's unusual line evokes the image of sleepy commuters hanging onto the straps of overcrowded subway trains
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Elizabeth Barrett Browning uses the simile of a heart like a staff for her own heart, personified, to 'lean and rest upon'
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Examples of personification are found not only in poetry and the novels you study for exams -authors can use the technique in any kind of writing, like this film review
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