{"id":4210,"date":"2013-06-27T21:13:40","date_gmt":"2013-06-27T21:13:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/?page_id=4210"},"modified":"2026-06-09T14:23:59","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T19:23:59","slug":"personification","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/personification\/","title":{"rendered":"Personification"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t<div id=\"mmDeferVideoEncompass_i6BQQ7oDgNU\" style=\"position: relative;\">\n\t\t\t<picture>\n\t\t\t\t<source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/circle-play-duotone.webp\" type=\"image\/webp\">\n\t\t\t\t<source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/circle-play-duotone.png\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"> \n\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" id=\"videoThumbnailImage_i6BQQ7oDgNU\" data-source-videoID=\"i6BQQ7oDgNU\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/circle-play-duotone.png\" alt=\"Personification Video\" height=\"464\" width=\"825\" class=\"size-full\" data-matomo-title = \"Personification\">\n\t\t\t<\/picture>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<style>img#videoThumbnailImage_i6BQQ7oDgNU:hover {cursor:pointer;} img#videoThumbnailImage_i6BQQ7oDgNU {background-size:contain;background-image:url(\"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/updated-personification-64bfee52cc3b3-3.webp\");}<\/style>\n\t\t\t<script defer>\n\t\t\t  jQuery(\"img#videoThumbnailImage_i6BQQ7oDgNU\").click(function() {\n\t\t\t\tlet videoId = jQuery(this).attr(\"data-source-videoID\");\n\t\t\t\tlet helpTag = '<div id=\"mmDeferVideoYTMessage_i6BQQ7oDgNU\" style=\"display: none;position: absolute;top: -24px;width: 100%;text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;font-size: small;border-top: 1px solid #fc0;\">Having trouble? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v='+videoId+'\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to watch on YouTube.<\/a><\/span><\/div>';\n\t\t\t\tlet tag = document.createElement(\"iframe\");\n\t\t\t\ttag.id = \"yt\" + videoId;\n\t\t\t\ttag.src = \"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/\" + videoId + \"?autoplay=1&controls=1&wmode=opaque&rel=0&egm=0&iv_load_policy=3&hd=0&enablejsapi=1\";\n\t\t\t\ttag.frameborder = 0;\n\t\t\t\ttag.allow = \"autoplay; fullscreen\";\n\t\t\t\ttag.width = this.width;\n\t\t\t\ttag.height = this.height;\n\t\t\t\ttag.setAttribute(\"data-matomo-title\",\"Personification\");\n\t\t\t\tjQuery(\"div#mmDeferVideoEncompass_i6BQQ7oDgNU\").html(tag);\n\t\t\t\tjQuery(\"div#mmDeferVideoEncompass_i6BQQ7oDgNU\").prepend(helpTag);\n\t\t\t\tsetTimeout(function(){jQuery(\"div#mmDeferVideoYTMessage_i6BQQ7oDgNU\").css(\"display\", \"block\");}, 2000);\n\t\t\t  });\n\t\t\t  \n\t\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t\n<p><script>\nfunction tcH_Function() {\n  var x = document.getElementById(\"tcH\");\n  if (x.style.display === \"none\") {\n    x.style.display = \"block\";\n  } else {\n    x.style.display = \"none\";\n  }\n}\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"moc-toc hide-on-desktop hide-on-tablet\">\n<div><button onclick=\"tcH_Function()\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/toc2.svg\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"show or hide table of contents\"><\/button><\/p>\n<p>On this page<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<nav id=\"tcH\" style=\"display:none;\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\"toc-h2\"><a href=\"#What_is_Personification\" class=\"smooth-scroll\">What is Personification?<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"toc-h2\"><a href=\"#Personification_in_Your_Own_Writing\" class=\"smooth-scroll\">Personification in Your Own Writing<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"toc-h2\"><a href=\"#Personification_vs_Anthropomorphism\" class=\"smooth-scroll\">Personification vs. Anthropomorphism<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"toc-h2\"><a href=\"#Frequently_Asked_Questions\" class=\"smooth-scroll\">Frequently Asked Questions<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"accordion\"><input id=\"transcript\" type=\"checkbox\" class=\"spoiler_button\" \/><label for=\"transcript\">Transcript<\/label><input id=\"FAQs\" type=\"checkbox\" class=\"spoiler_button\" \/><label for=\"FAQs\">FAQs<\/label>\n<div class=\"spoiler\" id=\"transcript-spoiler\">\n<p>Have you ever heard someone say of their car, \u201cshe\u2019s a beauty,\u201d or refer to the winter wind as \u201charsh\u201d or \u201cunkind?\u201d If you have, you\u2019ve heard examples of personification, a useful literary device that adds color and meaning to your writing. <\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"What_is_Personification\" class=\"m-toc-anchor\"><\/span>What is Personification?<\/h2>\n<p>\nPersonification is a form of <a class=\"ylist\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/figurative-language\/\">figurative language<\/a> where the writer attributes human characteristics to something that\u2019s not human. It\u2019s easiest for humans to relate to things that are human or have human traits. By using human characteristics to describe an object, animal, place, or occurrence in your writing, you can help the reader better relate to your writing.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s do two quick exercises to practice identifying personification in writing. <\/p>\n<h3><span id=\"Example_1\" class=\"m-toc-anchor\"><\/span>Example #1<\/h3>\n<p>\nFirst, let\u2019s look at a poem by Emily Dickinson, who is famous even today for her personification of nature. She writes:<\/p>\n<div class=\"transcriptcallout\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Have you got a brook in your little heart,<br \/>\nWhere bashful flowers blow,<br \/>\nAnd blushing birds go down to drink,<br \/>\nAnd shadows tremble so?<\/div>\n<p>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nEmily Dickinson is writing about a person\u2019s heart\u2014the hidden thoughts and shy desires that not everyone is keen to share. She does this by comparing the heart to a landscape and using three examples of personification: bashful flowers, blushing birds, and trembling shadows. We know that flowers don\u2019t have emotions, and therefore are incapable of being bashful, but this imagery helps us imagine the drooping flowers and feel some kinship with them. The same goes for the blushing birds and trembling shadows. <\/p>\n<p>Personification is common in literature, but let\u2019s look at it in these famous lines from advertising to make sure we can quickly recognize it in our everyday life. <\/p>\n<h3><span id=\"Example_2\" class=\"m-toc-anchor\"><\/span>Example #2<\/h3>\n<p>\nHow about the Oreo cookie slogan? <\/p>\n<div class=\"transcriptcallout\"><span class=\"transcriptcallout-text\">Oreo: Milk\u2019s favorite cookie.<\/span><\/div>\n<p>Or perhaps the slogan for Kleenex facial tissues:<\/p>\n<div class=\"transcriptcallout\"><span class=\"transcriptcallout-text\">Kleenex says bless you.<\/span><\/div>\n<p>Does milk have a mind or personality? Is it possible for milk to literally have a favorite? Not at all, but personification helps the customer feel closer to the product, just as we know Kleenex doesn\u2019t possess the mind or ability to literally bless someone, but we can still feel comforted by this inanimate object because of the advertiser\u2019s clever use of personification.<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"Personification_in_Your_Own_Writing\" class=\"m-toc-anchor\"><\/span>Personification in Your Own Writing<\/h2>\n<p>\nSo when should you use personification in your own writing? It\u2019s the most appropriate in descriptive or narrative writing. <\/p>\n<p>As you saw in the earlier example, personification is often employed in <a class=\"ylist\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/structural-elements-of-poetry\/\">poetry<\/a>, as well as creative fiction. It\u2019s rare to use personification in an essay or report, although a well-crafted example could help grab the reader\u2019s attention. <\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s important to remember that personification isn\u2019t just a way to be creative in your writing. It can add humor, point out truth, and invite the reader to a deeper emotion. When John Milton wrote, <\/p>\n<div class=\"transcriptcallout\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Earth felt the wound<br \/>\nAnd Nature from her seat<br \/>\nSighing, through all her works, <br \/>\nGave signs of woe<\/div>\n<p>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nHe was not just describing Earth in a creative way\u2014he was inviting you as a reader to think about the planet as a living thing, to understand what he was describing as the fall of man in the context of human physical suffering. It gives a reader pause. <\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"Personification_vs_Anthropomorphism\" class=\"m-toc-anchor\"><\/span>Personification vs. Anthropomorphism<\/h2>\n<p>\nOne last thing before we go: sometimes personification is mixed up with another long word in literary analysis: anthropomorphism. <strong>Anthropomorphism<\/strong> is an extreme kind of personification in which animals or objects are described as if they were really people talking, walking upright, and thinking critically. This is stronger than simple personification, which could describe something with human terms without implying it had a consciousness.<\/p>\n<p>For example, if you read, \u201cThe wolf accused the moon with his lonely howl,\u201d you might feel sympathy for the wolf but you would hardly jump to the assumption that the wolf had human thoughts. Anthropomorphism, on the other hand, is something like Winnie the Pooh, or the GEICO gecko. Here we see non-human animals and objects that literally walk and talk like humans. It\u2019s stronger than personification and is less subtle.<\/p>\n<p>I hope you found this video helpful!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"spoiler\" id=\"FAQs-spoiler\">\n<h2 style=\"text-align:center\">Frequently Asked Questions<\/h2>\n<div class=\"faq-list\">\n<div class=\"qa_wrap\">\n<div class=\"q_item text_bold\">\n<h4 class=\"letter\">Q<\/h4>\n<p style=\"line-height: unset;\">What is personification?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"a_item\">\n<h4 class=\"letter text_bold\">A<\/h4>\n<p>Personification is a type of figurative language an author uses to give human characteristics to something nonhuman. For instance, instead of saying \u201cMy alarm clock woke me up this morning,\u201d you could give the alarm clock the human characteristic of yelling: \u201cMy alarm clock yelled at me to get out of bed this morning.\u201d Here\u2019s a slightly more complex example of personification:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201cThe wind howled as lightning danced across the sky.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"qa_wrap\">\n<div class=\"q_item text_bold\">\n<h4 class=\"letter\">Q<\/h4>\n<p style=\"line-height: unset;\">What is an example of personification?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"a_item\">\n<h4 class=\"letter text_bold\">A<\/h4>\n<p>Here are some examples of personification:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201cThe leaves whispered their secrets to the wind.\u201d<br \/>\u201cThe cold air bit my nose.\u201d<br \/>\u201cThe stars winked in the night sky.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"qa_wrap\">\n<div class=\"q_item text_bold\">\n<h4 class=\"letter\">Q<\/h4>\n<p style=\"line-height: unset;\">Why do authors use personification?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"a_item\">\n<h4 class=\"letter text_bold\">A<\/h4>\n<p>Author\u2019s use personification to make certain aspects of their story more relatable to the reader.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"home-buttons\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/writing\/\">Return to Writing Videos<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Return to Writing Videos<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":186584,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":{"0":"post-4210","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"page_category-video-pages-for-study-course-sidebar-ad","7":"page_category-writing-videos","8":"page_type-video","9":"subject_matter-english"},"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO Pro 4.9.8 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Personification is figurative language that gives human characteristics to an object, animal, or place. 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