Giving human traits to non-human things is called ...

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Giving human traits to non-human things is called ...

Personification is a figure of speech that attributes human traits, emotions, or actions to non-human things—like objects, animals, or abstract ideas. This creates vivid imagery and helps readers relate to something that isn’t human by making it feel alive. For example, saying “the wind whispered through the trees” gives the wind a human action (whispering) to evoke mood and atmosphere. The other terms don’t fit because they describe different tools: a refrain is a repeated line or phrase for emphasis, onomatopoeia uses words that imitate sounds, and regionalism highlights a specific region’s dialect and culture.

Personification is a figure of speech that attributes human traits, emotions, or actions to non-human things—like objects, animals, or abstract ideas. This creates vivid imagery and helps readers relate to something that isn’t human by making it feel alive. For example, saying “the wind whispered through the trees” gives the wind a human action (whispering) to evoke mood and atmosphere. The other terms don’t fit because they describe different tools: a refrain is a repeated line or phrase for emphasis, onomatopoeia uses words that imitate sounds, and regionalism highlights a specific region’s dialect and culture.

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