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English Language Arts · Grades 3–4

Personification

noun

Giving human qualities, actions, or feelings to non-human things.

Example Sentences

"'The trees danced in the breeze' uses personification."

"The poet used personification when she wrote 'the sun smiled down on us.'"

Synonyms & Related Terms

human qualitiesanthropomorphism

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