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	Personification - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Personification's treatment of inanimate objects is very similar to the figure of speech called the pathetic fallacy; the key difference is that personification is direct and explicit in the ascription of life and sentience to the thing in question, whereas the pathetic fallacy is much broader and more allusive.
		Personification is also widely used by individuals and mass media outlets when describing the actions of governments or corporations.
		Personification is frequently employed in media headlines and cartoons.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Personification (295 words)

	personification (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		At the beginning of the poem, Tennyson uses personification to paint a vivid picture of the landscape surrounding the castle.
		Personification of nature creates images of sadness and gloom that permeate the poem as it continues.
		At the beginning of the poem, Tennyson uses personification often, because this is when the lady herself is the most alive with the clearest sense-of-self and purpose.
	barney.gonzaga.edu /~cherr/personification.html (401 words)

	person
		Personification, the anthropomorphic representation of any non-human thing, is a ubiquitous feature of ancient Greek literature and art.
		Issues which come under discussion include: problems of identification and definition; the question of gender; the status of personifications in relation to the gods; the significance of personification as a literary device; the uses and meanings of personification in different visual media; personification as a means of articulating place, time and worldly power.
		The papers reflect the enormous range of contexts in which personification occurs, which in turn indicates the ubiquity of the phenomenon as a pattern of thought in the ancient Greek world.
	www.leeds.ac.uk /classics/emma/person.html (290 words)

	personification — FactMonster.com
		He was the personification of censure and mockery.
		Mnemosyne - Mnemosyne, in Greek mythology, the personification of memory.
		Erebus - Erebus, in Greek religion and mythology, personification of darkness.
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/ent/A0838524.html (115 words)

	The Poetics of Personification - Cambridge University Press (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Literary personification has long been taken for granted as an important aspect of Western narrative; Paul de Man has given it still greater prominence as 'the master trope of poetic discourse'.
		The poetics of personification provides a historical reassessment of early theories, together with a sustained account of how literary personification works through an examination of narratological and semiotic codes and structures in the allegorical texts of Prudentius, Chaucer, Langland, and Spenser.
		Narrating the personification of personification in The Faerie Queene; Conclusion; Taxonomy II and future directions in personification theory; Notes; Works cited; Index.
	www.cambridge.org /catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=0521445396 (265 words)

	personification — Infoplease.com
		Cyriacus of Ancona and the revival of two forgotten ancient personifications in the Rector's Palace of Dubrovnik.
		Personification of drugs compromises therapy: when a patient transfers feelings to a drug, side effects can be exacerbated and distress......
		Personification of medicine compromises therapy: when a patient transfers feelings onto a drug, side effects can be exacerbated and......
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/ent/A0838524.html (241 words)

	For an Answer: Chrsitian Apologetics - Prov 8 and Personification
		Personification, of course, is a figurative use of language and is misread if taken literally.
		"Personification is a term used in literature to name the figure of speech which involves directly speaking of an inanimate object, or an abstract concept, as if it were a living entity, often one with specifically human attributes." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personification
		This definition must be carefully distinguished from another use of the word "personification," in which a person who embodies or fully displays an abstract quality or characteristic is said to "personify" that attribute (e.g., "Fred Astaire was elegance personified").
	www.forananswer.org /Top_JW/Bowman_Prov8.htm (1417 words)

	Make It Human.. Personification
		This lesson is designed to assist students in recognizing and using personification in their writing assignments.
		Students write the personification of these objects on their paper.
		Students write a poem about the personification of an animal of their choice.
	www.glc.k12.ga.us /BuilderV03/LPTools/LPShared/lpdisplay.asp?LPID=15321 (312 words)

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		Personification (prosopopeia) is a figure of speech in which human qualities are attributed to an animal, object, or idea.
		In "Mirror" by Sylvia Plath, for example, the mirror--the "I" in the first line--is given the ability to speak, see and swallow, as well as human attributes such as truthfulness.
		In John Keats' "To Autumn," the fall season is personified as "sitting careless on a granary floor" (line 14) and "drowsed with the fume of poppies" (line 17.)
	www.english.emory.edu /classes/Handbook/personification.html (86 words)

	Personification Lesson Plans and Resources (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Personification Lesson Plans and Resources (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu)
		Goal: Students can identify personification and determine when to use it in their writing.
		Write your own original sentences that describe objects through personification.
	volweb.utk.edu.cob-web.org:8888 /Schools/bedford/harrisms/7lesson.htm (265 words)

	ReadWriteThink: Lesson Plan: Dancing Minds and Shouting Smiles: Teaching Personification Through Poetry
		Transcribe the poems "The Sky is Low" by Emily Dickinson, "Two Sunflowers Move in the Yellow Room" by William Blake, and "April Rain Song" by Langston Hughes onto chart paper.
		After a brief discussion, establish with students that personification is the attribution of human qualities (such as emotion) and actions to nonhuman objects or ideas.
		Informally assess student comprehension of personification during the discussion in Session 1 and at the end of Session 4.
	www.readwritethink.org /lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=860 (1878 words)

	Personification - Language Arts Lesson Plan, Thematic Unit, Activity, Worksheet, or Teaching Idea
		Re-examine some of the ideas given during the anticipatory set and ask why they are examples of personification.
		Pass out the handout of sentences containing examples of personification and have students work in cooperative groups.
		Allow time for students to complete this activity, and then go over each sentence asking different students to give the example of personification in each sentence.
	www.lessonplanspage.com /LA3LittlePigsPersonification56.htm (656 words)

	Free Essays - The Personification And Criticism Of Death In John Donnes Death Be Not Proud.
		Free Essays - The Personification And Criticism Of Death In John Donnes Death Be Not Proud.
		The Personification And Criticism Of Death In John Donnes Death Be Not Proud.
		He is so bold as to mock death, calling it "poor death" (l 4), giving death the sense and personification of being deficient in that it cannot kill Donne.
	www.freeessays.tv /c5621.htm (676 words)

	lesson7 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Personification is giving human qualities, feelings, action, or characteristics to inanimate (non-living) objects.
		Therefore, we have a good example of personification.
		On your own paper, write the object being personified and the meaning of the personification.
	volweb.utk.edu /Schools/bedford/harrisms/lesson7.htm (141 words)

	Welcome to WritingFix: Serendipitous Personifying ...an interactive word game for writers
		Personification is a trick of clever poets where they make an object that is not alive (like a clock or a cloud) come alive through writing by giving it human verbs (like laugh or cry) and human characteristics (like fingers or lungs or emotion).
		Here is a sample of personification that has been expanded on: The wind sang to me yesterday afternoon.
		I asked the wind to stay and play, but it rushed off to the opera house, where its singing would be appreciated by the rich in their fur coats and diamond necklaces.
	www.writingfix.com /rightbrain/serendipitouspersonifying.htm (479 words)

	Death (personification) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Because the reality of death has had a substantial influence on the human psyche and the development of civilization as a whole, the personification of Death as a living, sentient entity is a concept that has existed in many societies since the beginning of recorded history.
		The personification of Death made another appearance on The Twilight Zone, in the 1962 episode "Nothing in the Dark." The episode focuses on an elderly woman who is convinced that Death is stalking her.
		A different personification of Death appears in The Sandman, a series of comic books written by Neil Gaiman, in which Death, one of the Endless, appears in the guise of a Goth girl wearing an Ankh around her neck, to symbolize the idea that life and death are two sides of the same reality.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Death_(personification) (9314 words)

	Why Can't a Leaf be More Like A Man? (Or Woman?)
		Personification is also used sometimes to graphically describe something.
		In this lesson we'll be learning a little about leaves, and then writing a story using personification.
		We will be using personification to write about the a leaf from its first appearance in the spring to its last "breath" in the late fall.
	www.geocities.com /fifth_grade_tpes/personification.html (270 words)

	The UVic Writer's Guide: Personification (Prosopopeia) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Personification is the attribution of human qualities to inanimate objects or abstract concepts.
		When we speak of jealousy "rearing its ugly head," we are personifying jealousy by giving it human form.
		Personification heightens a reader's emotional response to what is being described by giving it human qualities and therefore human significance.
	web.uvic.ca /wguide/Pages/RhetPerson.html (72 words)

	Brand Personification (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Based on research on personification metaphors, the Brand Personification Service uses a web-based, response system that has been specifically developed to remove response bias.
		The Brand Personification Service can be used to identify the position of your company and up to three other competitors.
		To discuss the specifics of a Brand Personification study for your brand or company, give us a call at 800.947.0140 or send us an email.
	www.customermfg.com.cob-web.org:8888 /personification.shtml (370 words)

	Holy Spirit - Personification - God's Mind - Mind of Christ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Therefore, a Holy Spirit is a personification of God's Mind.
		We honor all views of the Godhead by denying that they are three, separate Beings able to stand "side by side and face to face to hold conferences." We should seek a holy spirit by conforming our lives to the revealed Word or Spirit of Christ.
		To see that Holy Spirit is a personification of God's Mind see First Corinthians, chapter two.
	www.piney.com /HsPersonif.html (2392 words)

	Guide to Literary Terms Personification
		Personification - a figure of speech in which abstractions, animals, ideas, and inanimate objects are endowed with human form, character, traits, or sensibilities.
		Like a metaphor, personification is a frequent resource in poetry.
		A colloquial example of personification is when one refers to a car as “she.” Another example of personification is “the wind shrieked through the window.”
	www.enotes.com /literary-terms/37818 (127 words)

	Personification Inc.
		Personification produces technologies for mobile and personalized information access.
		The company believes that people should control their information by getting the right content at the right time.
		Personification delivers and licenses personalization products and consultation services based on a set of core technologies.
	personification.com (61 words)

	Poetry Toolbox for Pocketful of Poems
		Poets use personification to help their poems come to life.
		Personification is a long word that just means making an object act like a person.
		You just pretend that the object (anything like a leaf, scissors) is a person.
	www.nikkigrimes.com /teacher/pcktflpe.html (114 words)

	personification poems - GRML Mon Oct 23 21:55:50 2006 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		And curse their life for what it was,
		Anthropomorphism is also referred to as personification, or prosopopeia.
		Anthropomorphism, as personification, consists of creating imaginary persons.
	grmlbrowser.com /mini-sites/p/personification-poems.asp (461 words)

	Adobe Digital Kids Club: Lessons: Personification poem
		Students write a personification style poem using a supplied pattern.
		Students understand the definition of personification and can identify its use.
		Students can determine when to use personification in their writing.
	www.adobe.com /education/digkids/lessons/poem.html (411 words)

	Writing: Personification \| eThemes \| eMINTS
		This two page PDF file is a lesson plan on personification.
		This three-page pdf file has an activity that challenges students to find examples of metaphors, similes, and personification in poems.
		There are links to eThemes Resources on personification, and similes and metaphors.
	www.emints.org /ethemes/resources/S00000562.shtml (318 words)

	MASMI Research Group - Methodologies - Brand Personification (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Brand Personification is a type of projective technique when the respondent is asked to attribute certain human characteristics to the brand.
		It is often easier for the respondent to discuss and contemplate human characteristics than the brand itself.
		All those characteristics may assist researchers in understanding the image of the brand and what needs to be changed in order for the brand to become more appealing.
	www.masmi.com /int/case_studies/methodologies/brand_personification.asp (99 words)

	abcteach Printable Worksheet: Writing: Personification (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Personification is a writer's craft that gives an idea, object, or animal qualities of a person.
		For example: The large rock refused to budge.
		Try to give each word a quality of a human and write a sentence.
	www.abcteach.com /Writing/personification.htm (75 words)

	personification
		Definition: when you make a thing, idea, or an animal do something only humans can do.
		"Wind yells while blowing" is an example of personification because wind cannot yell.
		"Necklace is a friend" is an example of personification because Necklace is a thing, and necklaces cannot be friends.
	library.thinkquest.org /J0112392/personification.html (56 words)

	Father, Son, Holy Spirit, Personification (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		These personae were the personification of God's Word and Wisdom which were
		David K. Bernard, J.D. We honor all views of the Godhead by denying that they are three, separate Beings able to stand "side by side and face to face to hold conferences." We should seek a holy spirit by conforming our lives to the revealed Word or Spirit of Christ.
		To see that Holy Spirit is a personification of God's Mind, and that the Mind of Christ is the Holy Spirit see First Corinthians, chapter two.
	www.piney.com /HsPersonif2.html (4141 words)

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